The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... heart - ach , and Mi- nerva's frowns ; otherwise he will lose his character and livelihood , like a tailor who disappoints his cus- tomer in a birthday suit . - What can be expected from a wretched author under such terrors and re ...
... heart - ach , and Mi- nerva's frowns ; otherwise he will lose his character and livelihood , like a tailor who disappoints his cus- tomer in a birthday suit . - What can be expected from a wretched author under such terrors and re ...
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... vague desires That cheat the heart of man ! But there's a friendly guide ! —a flame , That lambent o'er its bed , Enlivens , with a gladsome beam , The hermit's osier shed . Among the russet shades of night , It glances from 20 CUNNINGHAM .
... vague desires That cheat the heart of man ! But there's a friendly guide ! —a flame , That lambent o'er its bed , Enlivens , with a gladsome beam , The hermit's osier shed . Among the russet shades of night , It glances from 20 CUNNINGHAM .
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... is just , benevolent , humane , In conscious rectitude supremely bless'd , O'er the glad hearts of multitudes shall reign , Though the gay star ne'er blazed upon his breast . Ye happy children of the hoary North , Hail the 46 CUNNINGHAM ,
... is just , benevolent , humane , In conscious rectitude supremely bless'd , O'er the glad hearts of multitudes shall reign , Though the gay star ne'er blazed upon his breast . Ye happy children of the hoary North , Hail the 46 CUNNINGHAM ,
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... heart , o'ercharged with public woe , Must labour through a long protracted grief . This sudden stroke ( ' twas like the lightning's blast ) The sons of Albion can't enough deplore ; Think , Britons , think on all his triumphs past ...
... heart , o'ercharged with public woe , Must labour through a long protracted grief . This sudden stroke ( ' twas like the lightning's blast ) The sons of Albion can't enough deplore ; Think , Britons , think on all his triumphs past ...
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... heart behind , So gracious - good - so tenderly humane ? Yes - there survives his darling offspring - young , Yet in the paths of virtue , steady - sure ! " Twas the last lesson from his parent's tongue— • Think , ( O remember ) think ...
... heart behind , So gracious - good - so tenderly humane ? Yes - there survives his darling offspring - young , Yet in the paths of virtue , steady - sure ! " Twas the last lesson from his parent's tongue— • Think , ( O remember ) think ...
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