The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page 18
... o'er our heads the frozen Pleiads shine : ' Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile . PARAPHRASE ON PSALM XXIII . THE Lord my pasture shall prepare , And feed me with a ...
... o'er our heads the frozen Pleiads shine : ' Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile . PARAPHRASE ON PSALM XXIII . THE Lord my pasture shall prepare , And feed me with a ...
Page 26
... Cannot coast it in an age ; Harts , or horses , strong and fleet , Had they wings to help their feet , Could not run it half way o'er In ten thousand days and more . Yet the silly wandering mind , Loth to be too 26 WATTS .
... Cannot coast it in an age ; Harts , or horses , strong and fleet , Had they wings to help their feet , Could not run it half way o'er In ten thousand days and more . Yet the silly wandering mind , Loth to be too 26 WATTS .
Page 31
... O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese High over - shadowing rides , with a design To vend his wares , or at th ' Arvonian mart Or Maridunum , or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia , or where ...
... O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese High over - shadowing rides , with a design To vend his wares , or at th ' Arvonian mart Or Maridunum , or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia , or where ...
Page 32
... An everlasting foe , with watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap , Protending her fell claws , to thoughtless mice Sure ruin ; so her disembowell'd web Arachne , in a hall or kitchen , spreads Obvious 32 PHILIPS .
... An everlasting foe , with watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap , Protending her fell claws , to thoughtless mice Sure ruin ; so her disembowell'd web Arachne , in a hall or kitchen , spreads Obvious 32 PHILIPS .
Page 36
... o'er the nightly dew ) He quits his cell ; the pilgrim - staff he bore , And fix'd the scallop in his hat before ; Then with the sun a rising journey went , Sedate to think , and watching each event . The morn was wasted in the pathless ...
... o'er the nightly dew ) He quits his cell ; the pilgrim - staff he bore , And fix'd the scallop in his hat before ; Then with the sun a rising journey went , Sedate to think , and watching each event . The morn was wasted in the pathless ...
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