The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... Round her the virtues of the Cecils shone , But with inferior brightness to her own : Which she refin'd to that sublime degree , The greatest mortal could not greater be . Each stage of life peculiar splendour had ; Her tender years ...
... Round her the virtues of the Cecils shone , But with inferior brightness to her own : Which she refin'd to that sublime degree , The greatest mortal could not greater be . Each stage of life peculiar splendour had ; Her tender years ...
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... round her burn , And all the planets , in their turn , Confirm the tidings as they roll , And spread the truth from pole to pole . What though in solemn silence , all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice ...
... round her burn , And all the planets , in their turn , Confirm the tidings as they roll , And spread the truth from pole to pole . What though in solemn silence , all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice ...
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... round the pole , Nothing can describe the soul : ' Tis a region half unknown , That has treasures of its own , More remote from public view Than the bowels of Peru ; Broader ' tis , and brighter far , Than the golden Indies are ; Ships ...
... round the pole , Nothing can describe the soul : ' Tis a region half unknown , That has treasures of its own , More remote from public view Than the bowels of Peru ; Broader ' tis , and brighter far , Than the golden Indies are ; Ships ...
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... round her narrow shores , Narrow shores of flesh and sense , Picking shells and pebbles thence : Or she sits at fancy's door , Calling shapes and shadows to her , Foreign visits still receiving , And t ' herself a stranger living ...
... round her narrow shores , Narrow shores of flesh and sense , Picking shells and pebbles thence : Or she sits at fancy's door , Calling shapes and shadows to her , Foreign visits still receiving , And t ' herself a stranger living ...
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... round his hall repair , Warn'd by a bell , and close the hours with prayer . At length the world , renew'd by calm ... rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings , whose colours ...
... round his hall repair , Warn'd by a bell , and close the hours with prayer . At length the world , renew'd by calm ... rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings , whose colours ...
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