The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... thou shalt be known to fame ; Vanessa , by the gods inroll'd : Her name on Earth shall not be told . " * * ON THE DEATH OF DR . SWIFT . VAIN human - kind ! fantastic race ! Thy various follies who can trace ? Self - love , ambition ...
... thou shalt be known to fame ; Vanessa , by the gods inroll'd : Her name on Earth shall not be told . " * * ON THE DEATH OF DR . SWIFT . VAIN human - kind ! fantastic race ! Thy various follies who can trace ? Self - love , ambition ...
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... thou hast lost a friend , Though in thy walls he ne'er did farthing spend ; He touch'd the pence , when others touch'd the pot ; The hand that sign'd the mortgage paid the shot . Old as he was , no vulgar known disease On him could ever ...
... thou hast lost a friend , Though in thy walls he ne'er did farthing spend ; He touch'd the pence , when others touch'd the pot ; The hand that sign'd the mortgage paid the shot . Old as he was , no vulgar known disease On him could ever ...
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... thou goddess heavenly bright , Profuse of bliss , and pregnant with delight ! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign , And smling Plenty leads thy wanton train ; Eas'd of her load , Subjection grows more light , And Poverty looks ...
... thou goddess heavenly bright , Profuse of bliss , and pregnant with delight ! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign , And smling Plenty leads thy wanton train ; Eas'd of her load , Subjection grows more light , And Poverty looks ...
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... thou , O Lord , art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid , And guide me through the dreadful shade . Though in a bare and rugged way , Through devious lonely wilds I stray , Thy bounty shall my wants beguile : The barren ...
... thou , O Lord , art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid , And guide me through the dreadful shade . Though in a bare and rugged way , Through devious lonely wilds I stray , Thy bounty shall my wants beguile : The barren ...
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... thou not seen , impatient boy , Hast thou not read the solemn truth , That gray experience writes for giddy youth On every mortal joy ? Pleasure must be dash'd with pain : And yet , with heedless haste , The thirsty boy repeats the ...
... thou not seen , impatient boy , Hast thou not read the solemn truth , That gray experience writes for giddy youth On every mortal joy ? Pleasure must be dash'd with pain : And yet , with heedless haste , The thirsty boy repeats the ...
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