The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page 8
... once so dear , Pall on his vapid taste . What follows then ? ' Tis then he feels , but feels alas too late , His soul was form'd for happiness refined ; But he has chosen dross : and unimproved His buried talent must be rendered up ...
... once so dear , Pall on his vapid taste . What follows then ? ' Tis then he feels , but feels alas too late , His soul was form'd for happiness refined ; But he has chosen dross : and unimproved His buried talent must be rendered up ...
Page 15
... once ( like rope of sand ) If pride or peevish discontent Some fancied negligence resent . ' Tis not that table - love which sends The generous board a host of friends , Who turn with fortune's shifting gale , And only with FRIENDSHIP . 15.
... once ( like rope of sand ) If pride or peevish discontent Some fancied negligence resent . ' Tis not that table - love which sends The generous board a host of friends , Who turn with fortune's shifting gale , And only with FRIENDSHIP . 15.
Page 41
... throng that peopled her fair streets ? All - all engulph'd by one concussive shock , Nor left one wreck to tell that once she was ! Loosed from the storehouse of Omnipotence , The furious hurricane CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1792 . 41.
... throng that peopled her fair streets ? All - all engulph'd by one concussive shock , Nor left one wreck to tell that once she was ! Loosed from the storehouse of Omnipotence , The furious hurricane CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1792 . 41.
Page 42
... once Rush the conflicting elements , now leagued In wild uproar , to waste and to devour . Destruction sweeps their path , and in their rear Stalk Plague and Famine , Misery and Death . In fierce battalions these misfortunes come ...
... once Rush the conflicting elements , now leagued In wild uproar , to waste and to devour . Destruction sweeps their path , and in their rear Stalk Plague and Famine , Misery and Death . In fierce battalions these misfortunes come ...
Page 74
... once prevail'd — the battle urge With force reiterate and added strength : Ammon shall yield to thy victorious sword . " The Messenger return'd ; but swift as light His fatal tidings spread . Bathsheba heard ; And mourn'd ( or seem'd to ...
... once prevail'd — the battle urge With force reiterate and added strength : Ammon shall yield to thy victorious sword . " The Messenger return'd ; but swift as light His fatal tidings spread . Bathsheba heard ; And mourn'd ( or seem'd to ...
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