The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page vii
... writer , rising spontaneously from local circum- stances at different periods of a chequered life . The story of Joseph I presumed to drama- tize for the recitation of a very young family party , if that plea be admissible for the sim-
... writer , rising spontaneously from local circum- stances at different periods of a chequered life . The story of Joseph I presumed to drama- tize for the recitation of a very young family party , if that plea be admissible for the sim-
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... Like those fair flowers of life's young morn Which blossom in it's early dawn , Ere chilling blasts have nipp'd their bloom , Or Hope has wither'd in the tomb ; I pluck'd the bud , and vow'd to twine A 2 THE VOTIVE WREATH .
... Like those fair flowers of life's young morn Which blossom in it's early dawn , Ere chilling blasts have nipp'd their bloom , Or Hope has wither'd in the tomb ; I pluck'd the bud , and vow'd to twine A 2 THE VOTIVE WREATH .
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... life enjoy , thy followers say , For thou hast followers still , whose earth bound souls Seek in this world , and seek in this alone , The sum of their desires - perfection high , An appetite indulged ! The joys of sense Are joys to ...
... life enjoy , thy followers say , For thou hast followers still , whose earth bound souls Seek in this world , and seek in this alone , The sum of their desires - perfection high , An appetite indulged ! The joys of sense Are joys to ...
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... be , the wretch has lived , Who tottering on life's verge hath only wish'd His health , his youth , his faculties renew'd , To live his foul excesses o'er again . Sons of eternity awake in time ! Rouse from your 8 OF THE EPICUREAN SYSTEM .
... be , the wretch has lived , Who tottering on life's verge hath only wish'd His health , his youth , his faculties renew'd , To live his foul excesses o'er again . Sons of eternity awake in time ! Rouse from your 8 OF THE EPICUREAN SYSTEM .
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... life's uncertain day Unfold with many an ill : -chill Penury And pining Want , Shame , Sickness , and Disgrace , Griefs multiform arise , and loudly call For soft humanity's assisting power , And kind commiseration's pitying sigh . Go ...
... life's uncertain day Unfold with many an ill : -chill Penury And pining Want , Shame , Sickness , and Disgrace , Griefs multiform arise , and loudly call For soft humanity's assisting power , And kind commiseration's pitying sigh . Go ...
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Page 82 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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