The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... taste of mine ; And all that objects of true pity were , Should be reliev'd with what my wants could spare ; For that our Maker has too largely given , Should be return'd in gratitude to Heaven . A frugal plenty should my table spread ...
... taste of mine ; And all that objects of true pity were , Should be reliev'd with what my wants could spare ; For that our Maker has too largely given , Should be return'd in gratitude to Heaven . A frugal plenty should my table spread ...
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... taste : For highest cordials all their virtue lose , By a too frequent and too bold a use ; And what would cheer the spirits in distress , Ruins our health , when taken to excess . I'd be concern'd in no litigious jar ; Belov'd by all ...
... taste : For highest cordials all their virtue lose , By a too frequent and too bold a use ; And what would cheer the spirits in distress , Ruins our health , when taken to excess . I'd be concern'd in no litigious jar ; Belov'd by all ...
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... taste ; and the versification is exceedingly easy and correct , except when he " attempts in rhyme the same variety of cadence , comma , and period , which blank verse glories in as its peculiar elegance and ornament . " The Divine ...
... taste ; and the versification is exceedingly easy and correct , except when he " attempts in rhyme the same variety of cadence , comma , and period , which blank verse glories in as its peculiar elegance and ornament . " The Divine ...
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... 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 dangerous taint they bear ; So roses grow on thorns , and honey wears a ...
... 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 dangerous taint they bear ; So roses grow on thorns , and honey wears a ...
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... taste ; Seraphs feed on such repast . Here , in a green and shady grove , Streams of pleasure mix with love : There beneath the smiling skies Hills of contemplation rise ; Now upon some shining top Angels light , and call me up ; I ...
... taste ; Seraphs feed on such repast . Here , in a green and shady grove , Streams of pleasure mix with love : There beneath the smiling skies Hills of contemplation rise ; Now upon some shining top Angels light , and call me up ; I ...
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