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... shores display'd her sail ; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave But towns unmann'd , and lords without a slave ; And late the nation found , with fruitless skill , Its former strength was but plethoric ill . Yet , still the ...
... shores display'd her sail ; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave But towns unmann'd , and lords without a slave ; And late the nation found , with fruitless skill , Its former strength was but plethoric ill . Yet , still the ...
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... shore : While the pent Ocean , rising o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal , the yellow - blossomed vale , The willow - tufted bank , the gliding sail , The crowded mart , the cultivated plain , A ...
... shore : While the pent Ocean , rising o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal , the yellow - blossomed vale , The willow - tufted bank , the gliding sail , The crowded mart , the cultivated plain , A ...
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... shore , Till overwrought the general system feels Its motions stop , or phrensy fire the wheels . Nor this the worst . As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honour , fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law ...
... shore , Till overwrought the general system feels Its motions stop , or phrensy fire the wheels . Nor this the worst . As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honour , fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law ...
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... shore , exchang'd for useless ore ; nphs but destruction haste , ́s bright'ning as they waste ; her grandeur to maintain , ulation in her train , here scatter'd hamlets rose , 7 pomp repose ? Too blest , indeed , were such without alloy ...
... shore , exchang'd for useless ore ; nphs but destruction haste , ́s bright'ning as they waste ; her grandeur to maintain , ulation in her train , here scatter'd hamlets rose , 7 pomp repose ? Too blest , indeed , were such without alloy ...
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... shore , Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ; Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers bright'ning as they waste ; Seen Opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern Depopulation in her train , And over ...
... shore , Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ; Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers bright'ning as they waste ; Seen Opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern Depopulation in her train , And over ...
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Amidst ballad Bartholomew fair beauty black calf black sheep blessings blest bliss bound in cloth bowers breast CÆSAR CHARLES TILT charms climes coronation cried David Garrick dear e'en eating Edition eyes fame feast flies follow'd fond gentle gilt edges go to Bartholomew Grogan heart heart of oak Heaven honour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL keep a corner King of Morocco kings kiss hands land Lord loyal luxury mind mirth morocco elegant Napoleon never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH on't once pain pasty patriot pleas'd pleasure poem poet poor praise Price pride Printer rage raptures rise round savage nations Shakspeare shore sink skies smile sorrow soul spread STOOPS TO CONQUER stranger swain sweet SWEET Auburn taught tell thee thine thing thou toil turn turtle twas venison Vide village wealth weep Whitefoord wife wife's lamentation wretch
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Page 41 - Where the poor houseless shivering female lies. She once, perhaps, in village plenty blest, Has wept at tales of innocence distrest ; Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now lost to all : her friends, her virtue fled, Near her betrayer's door she lays her head...
Page 39 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 44 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. 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 tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love.
Page 61 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 10 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 41 - Altama murmurs to their woe. Far different there from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing.
Page 43 - To new-found worlds, and wept for others' woe; But for himself, in conscious virtue brave, He only wish'd for worlds beyond the grave. His lovely daughter, lovelier in her tears, The fond companion of his helpless years, Silent went next, neglectful of her charms, And left a lover's for a father's arms.
Page 109 - Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word — From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind ; She freely lent to all the poor — Who left a pledge behind.
Page 78 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring, A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 35 - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment, tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.