The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... leave Scotland , in order to avoid the horrors of a prison . In the beginning of the year 1754 , he arrived at Sun- derland ; but being pursued by a legal process , on ac- count of the debt we have just mentioned , he was ar- rested ...
... leave Scotland , in order to avoid the horrors of a prison . In the beginning of the year 1754 , he arrived at Sun- derland ; but being pursued by a legal process , on ac- count of the debt we have just mentioned , he was ar- rested ...
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... leaves , that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil , Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea - born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land . But small the ...
... leaves , that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil , Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea - born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land . But small the ...
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... axe , the agonizing wheel , Luke's iron crown , and Damien's bed of steel , To men remote from power but rarely known , Leave reason , faith and consience , all our own . DEDICATION TO THE DESERTED VILLAGE . I Dear Sir , 24 THE TRAVELLER .
... axe , the agonizing wheel , Luke's iron crown , and Damien's bed of steel , To men remote from power but rarely known , Leave reason , faith and consience , all our own . DEDICATION TO THE DESERTED VILLAGE . I Dear Sir , 24 THE TRAVELLER .
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... leave the land . Ill fares the land , to hast'ning ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay . Princes and lords may florish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their ...
... leave the land . Ill fares the land , to hast'ning ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay . Princes and lords may florish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their ...
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... awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , Tho ' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
... awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , Tho ' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
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