| English poetry - 1806 - 560 pages
...* * CANTO THE THIRD. O thirst of gold ! disease without a cure J What toils thy persevering slaves endure! Thou common vice, whose long, tenacious spell,...source, That deluge all the world with headlong course: Disguis'd by thee, the pomp of state appears A troubled journey thro' a vale of tears; Thou bidst the... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 540 pages
...'•••*• CANTO THE THIRD. O thirst of gold ! disease without a cure ! What toils thy persevering slaves endure ! Thou common vice, whose long, tenacious spell,...source, That deluge all the world with headlong course : Disguis'd by thee, the pomp of state appears A troubled journey thro' a vale of tears ; Thou bidst... | |
| Giovanni Ignazio Molina - Chile - 1808 - 694 pages
...concludes. CANTO III. O thirst of gold ! disease without a cure ! What toils thy persevering slaves endure ! Thou common vice, whose long, tenacious spell,...tomb, A dropsy's rage distends thy craving womb ; From thec those countless ills derive then- source, That deluge all the world with headlong course : Disguis'd... | |
| New York (N.Y.) - 1843 - 408 pages
..." 0, thirst of gold! disease without a cure! What toils thy persevering slaves endure ! Thou subtle vice, whose long, tenacious spell The noblest energies of mind can quell! 21 Thy deadly charms the human soul unbind From heaven, and let her drive before the wind." The Araucanians... | |
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