The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page 15
... thee bestow ; Alas , the sexton is thy banker now ! A dismal banker must that banker be , Who gives no bills but of mortality . JOSEPH ADDISON , the son of Lancelot Addison , was SWIFT . 15 An Elegy on the Death of Demar.
... thee bestow ; Alas , the sexton is thy banker now ! A dismal banker must that banker be , Who gives no bills but of mortality . JOSEPH ADDISON , the son of Lancelot Addison , was SWIFT . 15 An Elegy on the Death of Demar.
Page 18
... Thee , goddess , thee , Britannia's isle adores ; How has she oft exhausted all her stores , How oft in fields of death thy presence sought , Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ! On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The ...
... Thee , goddess , thee , Britannia's isle adores ; How has she oft exhausted all her stores , How oft in fields of death thy presence sought , Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ! On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The ...
Page 40
... again . To what excesses had his dotage run ? But God , to save the father , took the son . To all but thee , in fits he seem'd to go , ( And ' twas my ministry to deal the blow , ) The poor fond parent , humbled in the dust , 40 PARNELL .
... again . To what excesses had his dotage run ? But God , to save the father , took the son . To all but thee , in fits he seem'd to go , ( And ' twas my ministry to deal the blow , ) The poor fond parent , humbled in the dust , 40 PARNELL .
Page 47
... on glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce their debt , instead of their discharge . Dorset , let those who proudly boast their line , Like thee , in worth hereditary , shine . Vain as false greatness is , the Muse must own YOUNG . 47.
... on glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce their debt , instead of their discharge . Dorset , let those who proudly boast their line , Like thee , in worth hereditary , shine . Vain as false greatness is , the Muse must own YOUNG . 47.
Page 56
... thee I tent nae flowers that busk the field , Or ripest berries that our mountains yield : The sweetest fruits that hing upon the tree Are far inferior to a kiss of thee . PEGGY . But Patrick for some wicked end may fleech , And lambs ...
... thee I tent nae flowers that busk the field , Or ripest berries that our mountains yield : The sweetest fruits that hing upon the tree Are far inferior to a kiss of thee . PEGGY . But Patrick for some wicked end may fleech , And lambs ...
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