The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Hours of IdlenessBaynes and Son, 1824 - 446 pages |
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... hear how shepherds pass their golden days . Not all are blest , whom Fortune's hand sustains With wealth in courts ; nor all that haunt the plains : Well may your hearts believe the truths I tell ; ' Tis virtue makes the bliss where'er ...
... hear how shepherds pass their golden days . Not all are blest , whom Fortune's hand sustains With wealth in courts ; nor all that haunt the plains : Well may your hearts believe the truths I tell ; ' Tis virtue makes the bliss where'er ...
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... hear a British shell ! TO FEAR . THOU , to whom the world unknown , With all its shadowy shapes , is shewn ; Who see'st appall'd th ' unreal scene , While Fancy lifts the veil between ; Ah Fear ! ah , frantic Fear ! I see , I see thee ...
... hear a British shell ! TO FEAR . THOU , to whom the world unknown , With all its shadowy shapes , is shewn ; Who see'st appall'd th ' unreal scene , While Fancy lifts the veil between ; Ah Fear ! ah , frantic Fear ! I see , I see thee ...
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... Hear drowning seamen's cries in tempests brought ? Dark Power ! with shuddering , meek , submitted Be mine to read the visions old ,. Which thy awakening bards have told . [ thought , And , lest thou meet my blasted view , Hold each ...
... Hear drowning seamen's cries in tempests brought ? Dark Power ! with shuddering , meek , submitted Be mine to read the visions old ,. Which thy awakening bards have told . [ thought , And , lest thou meet my blasted view , Hold each ...
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... hear ; On which that ancient trump he reach'd was hung : Thither oft his glory greeting , From Waller's myrtle shades retreating , With many a vow from Hope's aspiring tongue , My trembling feet his guiding steps pursue ; In vain - Such ...
... hear ; On which that ancient trump he reach'd was hung : Thither oft his glory greeting , From Waller's myrtle shades retreating , With many a vow from Hope's aspiring tongue , My trembling feet his guiding steps pursue ; In vain - Such ...
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... hear , Winn'st from his fatal grasp the spear , And hidest in wreaths of flowers his bloodless sword ! Thou who , amidst the deathful field , By godlike chiefs alone beheld , Oft with thy bosom bare art found , Pleading for him , the ...
... hear , Winn'st from his fatal grasp the spear , And hidest in wreaths of flowers his bloodless sword ! Thou who , amidst the deathful field , By godlike chiefs alone beheld , Oft with thy bosom bare art found , Pleading for him , the ...
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