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Page 160
Methinks her patient sons before me stand , Where the broad ocean leans
against the land , And , sedulous to stop the coming tide , List the tall rampire's
artificial pride . Onward methinks , and diligently slow , The firm connected
bulwark ...
Methinks her patient sons before me stand , Where the broad ocean leans
against the land , And , sedulous to stop the coming tide , List the tall rampire's
artificial pride . Onward methinks , and diligently slow , The firm connected
bulwark ...
Page 162
... But , foster'd e'en by Freedom , ills annoy ; That independence Britons prize too
high , Keeps man from man , and breaks the social tie ; The self - dependent
lordlings stand alone , All claims that bind and sweeten life unknown ; Here , by
the ...
... But , foster'd e'en by Freedom , ills annoy ; That independence Britons prize too
high , Keeps man from man , and breaks the social tie ; The self - dependent
lordlings stand alone , All claims that bind and sweeten life unknown ; Here , by
the ...
Page 189
... How his first followers and servants sped ; The precepts sage they wrote to
many a land ; How he , who lone in Patmos banished , Saw in the sun a mighty
angel stand ; And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced by Heaven's
command .
... How his first followers and servants sped ; The precepts sage they wrote to
many a land ; How he , who lone in Patmos banished , Saw in the sun a mighty
angel stand ; And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced by Heaven's
command .
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| 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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