The Bibliomania : An Epistle to Richard Heber, Esq.
The book The Bibliomania : An Epistle to Richard Heber, Esq. was written by author Ferriar, John, 1761-1815 Here you can read free online of The Bibliomania : An Epistle to Richard Heber, Esq. book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Bibliomania : An Epistle to Richard Heber, Esq. a good or bad book?
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Fierce; whisker'd guards that volume sought in vain, Enjoy'd by stealth, and hid with anxious pain, While all around was penury and gloom. It shew' d the boundless bliss beyond the tomb; Freed from the venal priest, the feudal rod, It led the sufF'rer's weary steps to God ; And when his painful course on earth was run, This, his sole wealth, descended to his son. Now, when no tyrant-statutes cramp belief, When Smithfield's only martyrs are its beef. Amidst the crowd.s whom rarer books entice, T...HE BIBLIOMANIA. H Still Tindal's Bible is a gem of price. True, the blest owner now no longer fears The bishop's summons thund'ring in his ears No more he turns the leaves with trembling hope, Or dreads lest Satan come, in guise of Pope; On that stout shelf, where ev'n Polemics sleep, He shews its boards, inclosed in lasting sheep. There long untouch'd may Tindal's labours lie, For book-collectors read not what they buy." Can I forget my Cassia's ? fav'rite theme ! "Where truth exceeds Romance's boldest dream.
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