The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page 17
... smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the ...
... smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the ...
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... smile . PARAPHRASE ON PSALM XXIII . THE Lord my pasture shall prepare , And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply , And guard me with a watchful eye : My noon - day walks he shall attend , And all my ...
... smile . PARAPHRASE ON PSALM XXIII . THE Lord my pasture shall prepare , And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply , And guard me with a watchful eye : My noon - day walks he shall attend , And all my ...
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... smile , With sudden greens and herbage crown'd , And streams shall murmur all around . AN ODE . THE spacious firmament on high , With all the blue ethereal sky , And spangled heavens , a shining frame , Their great Original proclaim ...
... smile , With sudden greens and herbage crown'd , And streams shall murmur all around . AN ODE . THE spacious firmament on high , With all the blue ethereal sky , And spangled heavens , a shining frame , Their great Original proclaim ...
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... mounts his throne , And both stand up , and smile to see How long their shadow's grown . Alas ! how vain their fancies be To think that shape their own ! Thus mingled still with wealth and state , Croesus himself 22 WATTS . False Greatness.
... mounts his throne , And both stand up , and smile to see How long their shadow's grown . Alas ! how vain their fancies be To think that shape their own ! Thus mingled still with wealth and state , Croesus himself 22 WATTS . False Greatness.
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... smiling skies Hills of contemplation rise ; Now upon some shining top Angels light , and call me up ; I rejoice to raise my feet , Both rejoice when there we meet . There are endless beauties more Earth hath no resemblance for ; Nothing ...
... smiling skies Hills of contemplation rise ; Now upon some shining top Angels light , and call me up ; I rejoice to raise my feet , Both rejoice when there we meet . There are endless beauties more Earth hath no resemblance for ; Nothing ...
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