John Armstrong
John Armstrong
air wind desert
Impious! forbear thus the first general hail. To disappoint, Increase and multiply, To shed thy blossoms thro' the desert air, And sow thy perish'd offspring in the winds.
dream sleep deities
How happy he whose toil Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams. His pow'rs the most voluptuously dissolve In soft repose; on him the balmy dews Of Sleep with double nutriment descend.
heaven wish wells
Your friends avoid you, brutishly transform'd They hardly know you, or if one remains To wish you well, he wishes you in heaven.
health support mind
Know, then, whatever cheerful and serene supports the mind supports the body too.
pain grief carpe-diem
Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain.