American PoetryPercy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster C. Scribner's sons, 1918 - 721 pages |
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Page 17
... hast more than thou- sand slain , Whose lives and safeties did so much depend On him their life , with him their lives must end . 10 If't be a sin to think Death brib'd can be We must be guilty ; say ' twas bribery Guided the fatal ...
... hast more than thou- sand slain , Whose lives and safeties did so much depend On him their life , with him their lives must end . 10 If't be a sin to think Death brib'd can be We must be guilty ; say ' twas bribery Guided the fatal ...
Page 18
... hast in store : This was their Song , their Cups among , the Evening before . Wallowing in all kind of sin , vile wretches lay secure : The best of men had scarcely then their Lamps kept in good ure . Virgins unwise , who through ...
... hast in store : This was their Song , their Cups among , the Evening before . Wallowing in all kind of sin , vile wretches lay secure : The best of men had scarcely then their Lamps kept in good ure . Virgins unwise , who through ...
Page 31
... Hast to see , The dire Event of this Catastrophe . Wonder Augmented still ! for thro ' free Grace He's Raised Sublime above his former Place . 90 FROM THE ALMANACK FOR 1738 FOREWORDS FOR 1738 Had Adam stood in Innocence till Now , And ...
... Hast to see , The dire Event of this Catastrophe . Wonder Augmented still ! for thro ' free Grace He's Raised Sublime above his former Place . 90 FROM THE ALMANACK FOR 1738 FOREWORDS FOR 1738 Had Adam stood in Innocence till Now , And ...
Page 82
... hast supported an atrocious cause Against thy King , thy Country , and the laws ; Committed perjury , encourag'd lies , Forced conscience , broken the most sacred ties ; Myriads of wives and fathers at thy hand Their slaughter'd ...
... hast supported an atrocious cause Against thy King , thy Country , and the laws ; Committed perjury , encourag'd lies , Forced conscience , broken the most sacred ties ; Myriads of wives and fathers at thy hand Their slaughter'd ...
Page 140
... hast broke thine elfin chain , Thy flame - wood lamp is quenched and dark , And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain- Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity 100 In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye Thou has scorned our dread decree ...
... hast broke thine elfin chain , Thy flame - wood lamp is quenched and dark , And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain- Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity 100 In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye Thou has scorned our dread decree ...
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