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Page 90
... defenceless doors may seize , If deed of honour did thee ever please , Guard
them , and him within protect from harms He can requite thee ; for he knows the
charms That call Fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spread thy
name ...
... defenceless doors may seize , If deed of honour did thee ever please , Guard
them , and him within protect from harms He can requite thee ; for he knows the
charms That call Fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spread thy
name ...
Page 176
Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail , That idly waiting flaps with
every gale , Downward they move , a melancholy band , Pass from the shore ,
and darken all the strand Contented toil , and hospitable care , And kind
connubial ...
Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail , That idly waiting flaps with
every gale , Downward they move , a melancholy band , Pass from the shore ,
and darken all the strand Contented toil , and hospitable care , And kind
connubial ...
Page 212
Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the
page , In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry
amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes The rest appears a
wilderness ...
Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the
page , In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry
amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes The rest appears a
wilderness ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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