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Book II, lines 100–103
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Famous Mark Akenside Quotes
“Heaven's all-subduing will,
With good the progeny of ill,
Attempreth every state below.”
Book I, Ode II, No. 2: "On the Winter Solstice", stanza vi, lines 58–60
Odes on Several Subjects (1745)
“The man forget not, though in rags he lies,
And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.”
Source: Epistle to Curio (1744), Lines 197–198
“The Providence of heaven
Has some peculiar blessing given
To each allotted state below.”
Book I, Ode II, No. 1: "For the Winter Solstice", stanza v, lines 48–50
Odes on Several Subjects (1745)
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Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination
Book I, line 500–511
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)
Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination
Book II, lines 683–693
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)
“Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys,
And eagerly pursues imaginary joys.”
The Virtuoso (1737), stanza x, lines 89–90
Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination
Book III, lines 109–113
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)
“Oft the hours
From morn to eve have stolen unmark'd away,
While mute attention hung upon his lips.”
Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination
Book II, lines 183–185
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)
“Pall on her temper, like a twice-told tale.”
Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination
Book I, line 220
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)
“Rustic herald of the spring.”
Book II, Ode III: "To the Cuckoo", stanza i, line 1
Odes on Several Subjects (1745)
“Such and so various are the tastes of men!”
Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination
Book III, line 567
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)
“Than Timoleon's arms require,
And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre.”
Book I, Ode XVII: "On a Sermon against Glory", stanza ii, lines 17–18
Odes on Several Subjects (1745)
Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination
Book III, lines 173–178
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