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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... Mind ! Father of all the human kind ! Whose boundless eye that knows no rest , Intent on Nature's ample breast , Explores the space of earth and skies , And sees eternal incense rise ! To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I ...
... Mind ! Father of all the human kind ! Whose boundless eye that knows no rest , Intent on Nature's ample breast , Explores the space of earth and skies , And sees eternal incense rise ! To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I ...
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... mind ; Knows , with just reins and gentle hand , to guide Betwixt vile shame and arbitrary pride . Not soon provoked , she easily forgives , And much she suffers , as she much believes . Soft peace she brings wherever she arrives ; She ...
... mind ; Knows , with just reins and gentle hand , to guide Betwixt vile shame and arbitrary pride . Not soon provoked , she easily forgives , And much she suffers , as she much believes . Soft peace she brings wherever she arrives ; She ...
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... mind its knowledge would improve ( Its feeble eye intent on things above ) , High as we may we lift our reason up , By Faith directed , and confirm'd by Hope ; Yet are we able only to survey Dawnings of beams and promises of day ...
... mind its knowledge would improve ( Its feeble eye intent on things above ) , High as we may we lift our reason up , By Faith directed , and confirm'd by Hope ; Yet are we able only to survey Dawnings of beams and promises of day ...
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... mind , The culture of the heart , Shall this , with man , less favour find ? Less genuine joy impart ? O no - your goodness strikes a root That dies not nor decays , And future life shall yield the fruit That blossoms now in praise ...
... mind , The culture of the heart , Shall this , with man , less favour find ? Less genuine joy impart ? O no - your goodness strikes a root That dies not nor decays , And future life shall yield the fruit That blossoms now in praise ...
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... mind , Whom wilful errors lead astray ; Whose eye to fair experience blind , Amidst the circling blaze of day , ' Can see no Providence Divine , The wise , the wondrous plan advance ; No power supreme through Nature shine ; No world but ...
... mind , Whom wilful errors lead astray ; Whose eye to fair experience blind , Amidst the circling blaze of day , ' Can see no Providence Divine , The wise , the wondrous plan advance ; No power supreme through Nature shine ; No world but ...
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