Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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Page 19
... hours in needless pain , Seeking for danger and adventure vain ? What boots it all to have and nothing use ? Who shall him rue that , swimming in the main , Will die for thirst , and water doth refuse ? Refuse such fruitless toil , and ...
... hours in needless pain , Seeking for danger and adventure vain ? What boots it all to have and nothing use ? Who shall him rue that , swimming in the main , Will die for thirst , and water doth refuse ? Refuse such fruitless toil , and ...
Page 45
... , And to a million of mishaps Is casual every hour ; And death in time doth change It to a clod of clay , When as the mind which is divine Runs never to decay . Companion none is like Unto the mind alone , For LORD VAUX . 45 LORD VAUX.
... , And to a million of mishaps Is casual every hour ; And death in time doth change It to a clod of clay , When as the mind which is divine Runs never to decay . Companion none is like Unto the mind alone , For LORD VAUX . 45 LORD VAUX.
Page 59
... hours . Such when I meant to feign , and wish'd to see , My Muse bade , Bedford write , and that was she . TO CELIA . DRINK to me only with thine eyes , And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup , And I'll not look ...
... hours . Such when I meant to feign , and wish'd to see , My Muse bade , Bedford write , and that was she . TO CELIA . DRINK to me only with thine eyes , And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup , And I'll not look ...
Page 68
... hour , or like a span , Or like the singing of a swan , E'en such is man , who lives by breath , Is here , now there , in life and death . The grass withers , the tale is ended , The bird is flown , the dew's ascended , The hour is ...
... hour , or like a span , Or like the singing of a swan , E'en such is man , who lives by breath , Is here , now there , in life and death . The grass withers , the tale is ended , The bird is flown , the dew's ascended , The hour is ...
Page 69
... hours do , and dry Away , Like to the summer's rain , Or as the pearls of morning's dew , Ne'er to be found again . THE NIGHT - PIECE , TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ' ; And the elves ...
... hours do , and dry Away , Like to the summer's rain , Or as the pearls of morning's dew , Ne'er to be found again . THE NIGHT - PIECE , TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ' ; And the elves ...
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