New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent British Poets and Poetical Translators, Volume 1Richard Alfred Davenport C. and C. Whittingham, 1823 |
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... morning star ! Fain would I trace the ' immortal way That leads to courts of endless day , Where the Creator stands confess'd , In his own fairest glories dress'd . Some shining spirit help me rise , Come , waft a stranger through the ...
... morning star ! Fain would I trace the ' immortal way That leads to courts of endless day , Where the Creator stands confess'd , In his own fairest glories dress'd . Some shining spirit help me rise , Come , waft a stranger through the ...
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... morn and evening hours : To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . Through Error's maze , through Folly's night , The lamp of Reason lends me light . When stern Affliction waves her rod , My heart confides ...
... morn and evening hours : To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . Through Error's maze , through Folly's night , The lamp of Reason lends me light . When stern Affliction waves her rod , My heart confides ...
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... morn ! the fields were sprinkled o'er with light , The folds unpent sent out their flocks to feed : A shepherd boy ( young Thomalin he hight * ) , With flying fingers deftly tuned his reed ; Where ancient Isis laves the Muses ' mead ...
... morn ! the fields were sprinkled o'er with light , The folds unpent sent out their flocks to feed : A shepherd boy ( young Thomalin he hight * ) , With flying fingers deftly tuned his reed ; Where ancient Isis laves the Muses ' mead ...
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... morn , on ivory throne ; Upon her looks the virgin virtues wait , The virgin virtues wait on her alone ! Her sapphire eyes with gentle spirit shone : Fair bountyhead was open'd in her face , Of honour and of love the paragon ...
... morn , on ivory throne ; Upon her looks the virgin virtues wait , The virgin virtues wait on her alone ! Her sapphire eyes with gentle spirit shone : Fair bountyhead was open'd in her face , Of honour and of love the paragon ...
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... morning dew , The sweetest incense of the early spring ; An humble , yet , I weet , a grateful offering . Jocund to lead the way , with sparkling rays , Danced a star errant up the orient sky ; The newborn splendour streaming o'er the ...
... morning dew , The sweetest incense of the early spring ; An humble , yet , I weet , a grateful offering . Jocund to lead the way , with sparkling rays , Danced a star errant up the orient sky ; The newborn splendour streaming o'er the ...
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