...rise in her mind to thoughts which are so beautifully brought out in the following lines from Pope: " Tis all we beg thee, to conceal from sight Those acts of goodness which themselves requite O let me still the secret joys partake, To follow virtue e'en for virtue's sake." — Mrs. MCCARTHY EMORY,...

...night. Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen; Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien: ' Great Idol of mankind ! we neither claim The praise...nor aspire to Fame ! But safe in deserts from th' applanse of men, 360 Would die unheard of, as we liv'd unseen; 'T is all we beg thee, to conceal from...

...355 Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen; Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. "Great idol of mankind! we neither claim The praise of merit, nor aspire to fame! Hut safe in deserts from th' applause of men, 360 Would die unheard of, as we liv'd unseen, 'Tis all...

...Gegenstück. „Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen; Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. „Great idol of mankind! we neither claim The praise...fame! But safe in deserts from th' applause of men, Would die unheard of, as we lived unseen; 'Tis all we beg thee, to conceal from sight Those acts of...

...their approaches to the temple of fame, will ever be of that smallest tribe of suppliants who cry: — Great idol of mankind ! we neither claim The praise of merit, nor aspire to fame ! 'Tis all we beg thee to conceal from sight, Those acts of goodness which themselves requite. O let...