The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... tear , The records of enjoyments past , Too dear - too precious long to last . How could I think they would endure , Where nought but change and death are sure ? Was I to be the only one , Whom evil should not light upon ? B Or was my ...
... tear , The records of enjoyments past , Too dear - too precious long to last . How could I think they would endure , Where nought but change and death are sure ? Was I to be the only one , Whom evil should not light upon ? B Or was my ...
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... tear ; And to your bosoms plead the widow's cause . Spare from your ample boards , and self deny To make the wretched wear the smile of joy . Blest is the heart that feels another's woe ' Tis privileged to ask a boon from Heaven ...
... tear ; And to your bosoms plead the widow's cause . Spare from your ample boards , and self deny To make the wretched wear the smile of joy . Blest is the heart that feels another's woe ' Tis privileged to ask a boon from Heaven ...
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... tears forget to flow ; His son , so loved , so lost , so long deplored , Should to his aged bosom be restored . Joseph , the victim of unbridled hate , Through all the various turns of adverse fate , Had own'd the Heavenly Hand , and ...
... tears forget to flow ; His son , so loved , so lost , so long deplored , Should to his aged bosom be restored . Joseph , the victim of unbridled hate , Through all the various turns of adverse fate , Had own'd the Heavenly Hand , and ...
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... brethren who had sought thy guiltless blood , Could hush their conscious terrors , calm their fears , And melt them in the tenderness of tears . Yet Joseph , though he pardon'd , knew too well 24 JOSEPH's ADMONITION .
... brethren who had sought thy guiltless blood , Could hush their conscious terrors , calm their fears , And melt them in the tenderness of tears . Yet Joseph , though he pardon'd , knew too well 24 JOSEPH's ADMONITION .
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... tears , But never can discharge the vast arrears For base ingratitude or cold disdain , To those on whom we ne'er shall look again . But vainly wishing to recal to life The silent objects of our vanquish'd strife— Their errors all ...
... tears , But never can discharge the vast arrears For base ingratitude or cold disdain , To those on whom we ne'er shall look again . But vainly wishing to recal to life The silent objects of our vanquish'd strife— Their errors all ...
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