“Hail, ye small, sweet courtesies of life! for smooth do ye make the road of it.”
The Pulse, Paris.
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)
“Ye fetted pinnacles, ye fanes sublime,
Ye towers that wear the mossy vest of time;
Ye massy piles of old munificence,
At once the pride of learning and defence;
Ye cloisters pale, that, lengthening to the sight,
To contemplation, step by step, invite;
Ye temples dim, where pious duty pays
Her holy hymns of everlasting praise -
Hail! Oxford, hail!”
"Triumph of Isis" (1749).
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