 ... abstracted guise Seem most alone in greatest company, With dearth of words, or answers quite awry, To them that would make speech of speech arise ; They deem, and of their doom the rumour flies, That poison foul of bubbling pride doth lie So in my...  The British Bibliographer - Page 98by Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise ; Yet pride, I think, doth not...unflattering glass : But one worse fault — ambition — 1 confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen, unheard — while thought to highest... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only 1 Fawn on myself, and others do despise ; Yet pride, I think, doth not my soul possess, Which looks too oft in hia unflattering glass : But one worse fault — ambition — 1 confess, Thai makes me oft my best... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise ; "Yet pride, I think, doth...unflattering glass : But one worse fault — ambition — 1 confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen, unheard—while thought to highest... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1857 - 380 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling Pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise ; Yet Pride, I think, doth not...oft in his unflattering glass ; But one worse fault — JLmbition—I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen, unheard— while Thought... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling Pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise. Yet Pride, I think, doth not my soul possess, Which looks too oft ha his unflattering glass; But one worst fault Ambition I confess, That makes me oft my best friends... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise : Yet pride, I think, doth not...unheard, while thought to highest place Bends all his power, even unto Stella's grace. Come, Sleep, O Sleep ! the certain knot of peace, The baiting place... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise : Yet pride, I think, doth not...glass : But one worse fault, ambition, I confess, Come, Sleep, (i Sleep! the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the halm of woe, The poor... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...flies, That poison foul of bubbling Pride doth He So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise ; Yet Pride, I think, doth not...unflattering glass ; But one worse fault — Ambition — Г confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen, unheard — while Thought to highest... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 684 pages
...fliea, That poison foul of bubbling Pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise ; Yet Pride, I think, doth not...too oft in his unflattering glass ; But one worse fault—Ambition—I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass. Unseen, unheard—while Thought... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1869 - 852 pages
...That poison foul of bubbling Pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn or. myself, and others do despise ; Yet Pride, I think, doth not my soul possen Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass ; But oce worse fault — Ambition — I confess,... | |
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