The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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... mind Has loft that concord of harmonious powers , Which forms the foul of happiness ; and all Is off the poife within : the paffions all Have burst their bounds ; and reason , half extinct , Or impotent , or else approving , fees 270 ...
... mind Has loft that concord of harmonious powers , Which forms the foul of happiness ; and all Is off the poife within : the paffions all Have burst their bounds ; and reason , half extinct , Or impotent , or else approving , fees 270 ...
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... mind 280 285 290 295 With endless storm : whence , deeply rankling , grows The partial thought , a liftlefs unconcern , 300 Cold , and averting from our neighbour's good ; Then dark difguft , and hatred , winding wiles , Coward deceit ...
... mind 280 285 290 295 With endless storm : whence , deeply rankling , grows The partial thought , a liftlefs unconcern , 300 Cold , and averting from our neighbour's good ; Then dark difguft , and hatred , winding wiles , Coward deceit ...
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... mind . Behold yon breathing prospect bids the Muse Throw all her beauty forth . But who can paint 465 Like Nature ? Can imagination boast , Amid its gay creation , hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill , And lofe ...
... mind . Behold yon breathing prospect bids the Muse Throw all her beauty forth . But who can paint 465 Like Nature ? Can imagination boast , Amid its gay creation , hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill , And lofe ...
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... yourselves ; away ! 870 But come , ye generous minds , in whose wide thought , Of all his works , creative Bounty burns . With warmest beam ; and on your open front And And liberal eye , fits , from his dark retreat 32 THOMSON'S POEMS .
... yourselves ; away ! 870 But come , ye generous minds , in whose wide thought , Of all his works , creative Bounty burns . With warmest beam ; and on your open front And And liberal eye , fits , from his dark retreat 32 THOMSON'S POEMS .
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... mind , beyond the power of kings To purchase . Pure ferenity apace Induces thought , and contemplation still . By fwift degrees the love of Nature works , And warms the bofom ; till at laft fublim'd To rapture , and enthusiastic heat ...
... mind , beyond the power of kings To purchase . Pure ferenity apace Induces thought , and contemplation still . By fwift degrees the love of Nature works , And warms the bofom ; till at laft fublim'd To rapture , and enthusiastic heat ...
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