Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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... seek a tranquil death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th'archers . In his side he hore . And in his hands and teet , the cruel scars . The Task Page 296 Iblished May 1 1220 , fn Longman and the ...
... seek a tranquil death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th'archers . In his side he hore . And in his hands and teet , the cruel scars . The Task Page 296 Iblished May 1 1220 , fn Longman and the ...
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... seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's drooping flowers ; Unwelcome vapours ...
... seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's drooping flowers ; Unwelcome vapours ...
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... seek the distant plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts ; Not skulk or put on a ...
... seek the distant plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts ; Not skulk or put on a ...
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... Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly allurements on his passions press , Safe in themselves , but dangerous in the excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ! O what a ...
... Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly allurements on his passions press , Safe in themselves , but dangerous in the excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ! O what a ...
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... seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ; The future shall obliterate the past , And Heaven no doubt shall be their home at last . Come then - a still , small whisper in your ear- He has no hope who never had a fear ; And he that ...
... seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ; The future shall obliterate the past , And Heaven no doubt shall be their home at last . Come then - a still , small whisper in your ear- He has no hope who never had a fear ; And he that ...
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