The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page 9
... Shame , Sickness , and Disgrace , Griefs multiform arise , and loudly call For soft humanity's assisting power , And kind commiseration's pitying sigh . Go then , ye Epicures , and taste a feast OF THE EPICUREAN SYSTEM . 9.
... Shame , Sickness , and Disgrace , Griefs multiform arise , and loudly call For soft humanity's assisting power , And kind commiseration's pitying sigh . Go then , ye Epicures , and taste a feast OF THE EPICUREAN SYSTEM . 9.
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... shameful variance dwells ' twixt man and wife , What woes arise from such domestic strife ? From Hatred and Revenge what evils flow , The blood - stain'd annals of all ages shew . But time would fail me ' ere I could relate The ...
... shameful variance dwells ' twixt man and wife , What woes arise from such domestic strife ? From Hatred and Revenge what evils flow , The blood - stain'd annals of all ages shew . But time would fail me ' ere I could relate The ...
Page 59
... shame . To David then , Her sad complaint addressing , thus she spake : " Cause of my shame and woe ! say thou , who didst The fatal trespass urge , how shall I meet A Husband's fierce resentment - how endure The growing shame which in ...
... shame . To David then , Her sad complaint addressing , thus she spake : " Cause of my shame and woe ! say thou , who didst The fatal trespass urge , how shall I meet A Husband's fierce resentment - how endure The growing shame which in ...
Page 60
... shame A covering veil shall cast : unconscious he , And unaspersed thy fame ; for thou shalt still The beauteous semblance wear , as heretofore , Of matron innocence and spotless truth . " O sapient King ! but thou had'st yet to learn ...
... shame A covering veil shall cast : unconscious he , And unaspersed thy fame ; for thou shalt still The beauteous semblance wear , as heretofore , Of matron innocence and spotless truth . " O sapient King ! but thou had'st yet to learn ...
Page 75
... shame ; In hasty wrath self - judged and self - condemn'd . By God's command the Prophet Nathan sought The Royal ear , and urged his high behest . Hear me , O King ! " Within thy sacred realm Abode two men - one rich in worldly store ...
... shame ; In hasty wrath self - judged and self - condemn'd . By God's command the Prophet Nathan sought The Royal ear , and urged his high behest . Hear me , O King ! " Within thy sacred realm Abode two men - one rich in worldly store ...
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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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