The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce their debt , instead of their discharge . Dorset , let those who proudly boast their line , Like thee , in worth hereditary , shine . Vain as false greatness is , the Muse must own YOUNG . 47.
... glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce their debt , instead of their discharge . Dorset , let those who proudly boast their line , Like thee , in worth hereditary , shine . Vain as false greatness is , the Muse must own YOUNG . 47.
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Samuel Carter Hall. Vain as false greatness is , the Muse must own We want not fools to buy that Bristol stone . Mean sons of earth , who on a South - Sea tide Of full success , swam into wealth and ... Muse , canst thou resist so 48 YOUNG .
Samuel Carter Hall. Vain as false greatness is , the Muse must own We want not fools to buy that Bristol stone . Mean sons of earth , who on a South - Sea tide Of full success , swam into wealth and ... Muse , canst thou resist so 48 YOUNG .
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Samuel Carter Hall. But how , my Muse , canst thou resist so long The bright temptation of the courtly throng , Thy most inviting theme ? The court affords Much food for satire ; -it abounds in lords . " What lords are those saluting ...
Samuel Carter Hall. But how , my Muse , canst thou resist so long The bright temptation of the courtly throng , Thy most inviting theme ? The court affords Much food for satire ; -it abounds in lords . " What lords are those saluting ...
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... Muses bear , Where of all ranks the blooming youths combine To pay due homage to the mighty Nine , And snatch with smiling joy the laurel crown Due to the learned honours of the gown : Here I the meanest of the tuneful throng Delude the ...
... Muses bear , Where of all ranks the blooming youths combine To pay due homage to the mighty Nine , And snatch with smiling joy the laurel crown Due to the learned honours of the gown : Here I the meanest of the tuneful throng Delude the ...
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... Muses . In 1736 , in a letter to a friend , he states that for six or seven years past he had not written a line of poetry , and adds , that he " e'en gave over in good time , before the coolness of fancy that attends advanced life ...
... Muses . In 1736 , in a letter to a friend , he states that for six or seven years past he had not written a line of poetry , and adds , that he " e'en gave over in good time , before the coolness of fancy that attends advanced life ...
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