The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... fate ! Sooner or later , of all height , Withdraw their fummits from the skies , And leffen as the others rife : Still the profpect wider fpreads , Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens , widens ftill , And finks the newly ...
... fate ! Sooner or later , of all height , Withdraw their fummits from the skies , And leffen as the others rife : Still the profpect wider fpreads , Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens , widens ftill , And finks the newly ...
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... Fate ! A little rule , a little sway , A fun - beam in a winter's - day , Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave . And fee the rivers how they run , Through woods and meads , in shade and fun , Sometimes fwift ...
... Fate ! A little rule , a little sway , A fun - beam in a winter's - day , Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave . And fee the rivers how they run , Through woods and meads , in shade and fun , Sometimes fwift ...
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... ; nor fhall the duft Of these fall'n piles with fhew of fad decay Avert the good refolve , mean argument , The fate alone of matter . - Now the brow We 1 We gain enraptur'd ; beauteously distinct * The numerous RUINS OF ROM E. 33.
... ; nor fhall the duft Of these fall'n piles with fhew of fad decay Avert the good refolve , mean argument , The fate alone of matter . - Now the brow We 1 We gain enraptur'd ; beauteously distinct * The numerous RUINS OF ROM E. 33.
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... fate requires , Your ductile wisdom tempers your defires ! Balanc'd within , you look abroad ferene , And , marking both extremes , pass clear between . Oh ! could your lov'd example teach your skill , And , as it moves my wonder , mend ...
... fate requires , Your ductile wisdom tempers your defires ! Balanc'd within , you look abroad ferene , And , marking both extremes , pass clear between . Oh ! could your lov'd example teach your skill , And , as it moves my wonder , mend ...
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... fate ! He faw him torn , untimely , from his fide , Felt all a father's anguifh , wept , and dÿ'd ! EPITAPH ON A YOUNG LADY . THIS humble grave though no proud structures grace , - Yet Truth and Goodness fanctify the place : Yet ...
... fate ! He faw him torn , untimely , from his fide , Felt all a father's anguifh , wept , and dÿ'd ! EPITAPH ON A YOUNG LADY . THIS humble grave though no proud structures grace , - Yet Truth and Goodness fanctify the place : Yet ...
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