The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page 12
... mind with guile . Set a strict guard upon thy lip ; Nor every weed devour : Of the pure honey freely sip ; But shun the poisonous flower . And still may radiant smiles adorn Thy laughter - loving 12 BE MERRY AND WISE .
... mind with guile . Set a strict guard upon thy lip ; Nor every weed devour : Of the pure honey freely sip ; But shun the poisonous flower . And still may radiant smiles adorn Thy laughter - loving 12 BE MERRY AND WISE .
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Mrs. Anne Parminter. Tedious their journey , perilous their way , Their anxious minds to doubts and fears a prey : And now returning from a foreign land , Bound to a distant home , and kindred band ; To reach that home in safety there ...
Mrs. Anne Parminter. Tedious their journey , perilous their way , Their anxious minds to doubts and fears a prey : And now returning from a foreign land , Bound to a distant home , and kindred band ; To reach that home in safety there ...
Page 31
... mind depart . In the bright days of innocence and peace Offer to GOD thy pure and spotless heart ; Ere evil overtake , and pleasures cease , And thou in life's gay vision's have no part . The fleeting scenes of youth will soon be o'er ...
... mind depart . In the bright days of innocence and peace Offer to GOD thy pure and spotless heart ; Ere evil overtake , and pleasures cease , And thou in life's gay vision's have no part . The fleeting scenes of youth will soon be o'er ...
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... mind at last , But an approving conscience whisper peace . The grateful tribute of untainted youth , Shall rise to Heaven and draw a guardian down , To lead thee in the righteous path of truth , And give thy hoary age a glorious crown ...
... mind at last , But an approving conscience whisper peace . The grateful tribute of untainted youth , Shall rise to Heaven and draw a guardian down , To lead thee in the righteous path of truth , And give thy hoary age a glorious crown ...
Page 49
... Childhood , Age to Youth , And finds our busy minds pre - occupied With speculation on some phantom - scheme For that To - morrow which may never come . E O give me then , Great Parent of the year CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1792 . 49.
... Childhood , Age to Youth , And finds our busy minds pre - occupied With speculation on some phantom - scheme For that To - morrow which may never come . E O give me then , Great Parent of the year CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1792 . 49.
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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.
Page 31 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
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