The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... in 1700 , affords us proof of this : " What little fruit he gains- A beggar's harvest , glean'd with mighty pains . " POMFRET . WHO from a race of noble heroes came 2 JOHN FOMFRET . THE WORSHIP OF THE LYRE J Wood POMFRET PAGE.
... in 1700 , affords us proof of this : " What little fruit he gains- A beggar's harvest , glean'd with mighty pains . " POMFRET . WHO from a race of noble heroes came 2 JOHN FOMFRET . THE WORSHIP OF THE LYRE J Wood POMFRET PAGE.
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... pain ? If Heaven a date of many years would give , Thus I'd in pleasure , ease , and plenty live . And as I near approach'd the verge of life , Some kind relation ( for I'd have no wife ) Should take upon him all my worldly care ...
... pain ? If Heaven a date of many years would give , Thus I'd in pleasure , ease , and plenty live . And as I near approach'd the verge of life , Some kind relation ( for I'd have no wife ) Should take upon him all my worldly care ...
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... painful catalogue . He found himself , at last , settled as a poor and hard- working parson , in the county of Meath . His melancholy and his spleen had vented themselves before this in various witty and severe verses , but nothing was ...
... painful catalogue . He found himself , at last , settled as a poor and hard- working parson , in the county of Meath . His melancholy and his spleen had vented themselves before this in various witty and severe verses , but nothing was ...
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... If I behold his bleeding heart , There love in floods of sorrow reigns , He triumphs o'er the killing smart , And buys my pleasure with his pains . Griathatch Or if I climb th ' eternal hills , Where. Love on a Cross and a Throne.
... If I behold his bleeding heart , There love in floods of sorrow reigns , He triumphs o'er the killing smart , And buys my pleasure with his pains . Griathatch Or if I climb th ' eternal hills , Where. Love on a Cross and a Throne.
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... pain : And yet , with heedless haste , The thirsty boy repeats the taste , Nor hearkens to despair , but tries the bowl again . The rills of pleasure never run sincere : Earth has no unpolluted spring , From the curs'd soil some ...
... pain : And yet , with heedless haste , The thirsty boy repeats the taste , Nor hearkens to despair , but tries the bowl again . The rills of pleasure never run sincere : Earth has no unpolluted spring , From the curs'd soil some ...
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