The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... fields ; No strengthening food to fainting man she yields : With haggard aspect , and with anxious breast , He wanders forth to labour still unblest . The long enduring Sire of Israel's line , Obedient ever to the Will Divine , The ...
... fields ; No strengthening food to fainting man she yields : With haggard aspect , and with anxious breast , He wanders forth to labour still unblest . The long enduring Sire of Israel's line , Obedient ever to the Will Divine , The ...
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... fields of corn , Or fragrant turnips green , and white upturn'd , And tempting oft the interdicted touch ; Nor less delightful was our garden's boast , ( Indulgence rare , for holidays reserved , ) Our favorite " Long walk , " o'er ...
... fields of corn , Or fragrant turnips green , and white upturn'd , And tempting oft the interdicted touch ; Nor less delightful was our garden's boast , ( Indulgence rare , for holidays reserved , ) Our favorite " Long walk , " o'er ...
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... field the kindred blood That animates her slaughter - breathing sons . Deep in the crimson stream may History dip Her melancholy pen , and trace the crimes That bade those currents flow on Gallia's plains , Which threaten inundation o ...
... field the kindred blood That animates her slaughter - breathing sons . Deep in the crimson stream may History dip Her melancholy pen , and trace the crimes That bade those currents flow on Gallia's plains , Which threaten inundation o ...
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... field , Fighting his Country's battles , lies encamp'd Before proud Rabbah's walls . " - The King , unmoved By this memorial of his Soldier's faith , His base adulterous purpose still pursued : Unrein'd , his passions bore impetuous ...
... field , Fighting his Country's battles , lies encamp'd Before proud Rabbah's walls . " - The King , unmoved By this memorial of his Soldier's faith , His base adulterous purpose still pursued : Unrein'd , his passions bore impetuous ...
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... social joys awaited thee at home ? Toils such as thine some short indulgence claim , And faithful service past , well earn'd repose . Whence then this abstinence ? " " The Ark of God , " Uriah answer'd , " In the open field , And DAVID .
... social joys awaited thee at home ? Toils such as thine some short indulgence claim , And faithful service past , well earn'd repose . Whence then this abstinence ? " " The Ark of God , " Uriah answer'd , " In the open field , And DAVID .
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