The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... deep , Or drives his vent'rous plough - share to the steep ; Or seeks the den where snow - tracks mark the way , And drags the struggling savage into day . At night returning , every labor sped , He sits THE TRAVELLER . 17 17.
... deep , Or drives his vent'rous plough - share to the steep ; Or seeks the den where snow - tracks mark the way , And drags the struggling savage into day . At night returning , every labor sped , He sits THE TRAVELLER . 17 17.
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... deep where Holland lies . Methinks her patient sons before me stand , Where the broad ocean leans against the land . And , sedulous to stop the coming tide , Lift the tall rampier's artificial pride . Onwards , methinks , and diligently ...
... deep where Holland lies . Methinks her patient sons before me stand , Where the broad ocean leans against the land . And , sedulous to stop the coming tide , Lift the tall rampier's artificial pride . Onwards , methinks , and diligently ...
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... deep : No surly porter stands , in guilty state , To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end , Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay , While ...
... deep : No surly porter stands , in guilty state , To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end , Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay , While ...
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... deep , Return'd and wept , and still return'd to weep . The good old sire , the first prepar❜d to go To new - found worlds , and wept for others ' wo ; But for himself , in conscious virtue brave , He only wish'd for worlds beyond the ...
... deep , Return'd and wept , and still return'd to weep . The good old sire , the first prepar❜d to go To new - found worlds , and wept for others ' wo ; But for himself , in conscious virtue brave , He only wish'd for worlds beyond the ...
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... deep for his hearers , still went on refining , And thought of convincing , while they thought of dining ; Tho ' equal to all things , for all things unfit , Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit ! For a patriot too cool ; for ...
... deep for his hearers , still went on refining , And thought of convincing , while they thought of dining ; Tho ' equal to all things , for all things unfit , Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit ! For a patriot too cool ; for ...
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