New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent British Poets and Poetical Translators, Volume 1Richard Alfred Davenport C. and C. Whittingham, 1823 |
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... bliss Full and perfect is , But now begins ; for , from this happy day , The old Dragon , under ground In straiter limits bound , Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And , wroth to see his kingdom fail , Swinges the scaly horror of ...
... bliss Full and perfect is , But now begins ; for , from this happy day , The old Dragon , under ground In straiter limits bound , Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And , wroth to see his kingdom fail , Swinges the scaly horror of ...
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... bliss and woe . The Prince of Peace thy Largely imbibed , when , dovelike , o'er his head , Fast by the banks of Jordan's sacred stream , Thy mantling wings diffused their heavenly hues ; And Abba glorified his Only Son , Well pleased ...
... bliss and woe . The Prince of Peace thy Largely imbibed , when , dovelike , o'er his head , Fast by the banks of Jordan's sacred stream , Thy mantling wings diffused their heavenly hues ; And Abba glorified his Only Son , Well pleased ...
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... bliss The patriot hero feels , whose lifted arm [ coasts Guards his loved Prince , while round his country's Invasion's hovering harpies scream for prey : Not more his bliss when , sheath'd the hallow'd ( Its work of glory done , and in ...
... bliss The patriot hero feels , whose lifted arm [ coasts Guards his loved Prince , while round his country's Invasion's hovering harpies scream for prey : Not more his bliss when , sheath'd the hallow'd ( Its work of glory done , and in ...
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... bliss , O'erpaying years of bitterest agony , Hear the glad accents : Faithful servants , come ; Receive your promised meed . Your toils were great , And great is their reward . The God ye served , Steadfast when passion sapp'd and ...
... bliss , O'erpaying years of bitterest agony , Hear the glad accents : Faithful servants , come ; Receive your promised meed . Your toils were great , And great is their reward . The God ye served , Steadfast when passion sapp'd and ...
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... shame , remorse , and tears , Shalt open thine unwilling eyes ; Shalt feel the truth thy folly sneers ; Shalt try the Power thy pride denies ! ' Exalted then to perfect bliss , O'er worlds of joy 92 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... shame , remorse , and tears , Shalt open thine unwilling eyes ; Shalt feel the truth thy folly sneers ; Shalt try the Power thy pride denies ! ' Exalted then to perfect bliss , O'er worlds of joy 92 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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