The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... meet his latter end , Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay , While resignation gently slopes the way ; And , all his prospects bright'ning to the last , His heaven commences ere the world ...
... meet his latter end , Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay , While resignation gently slopes the way ; And , all his prospects bright'ning to the last , His heaven commences ere the world ...
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... meet their young : The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch - dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind , And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in ...
... meet their young : The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch - dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind , And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in ...
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... epitaphs on him . His country , dia- lect , and person , furnished subjects of witticism . He was called on for Retaliation , and at their next meet- ing produced this poem . If our landlord * supplies us with beef and with RETALIATION .
... epitaphs on him . His country , dia- lect , and person , furnished subjects of witticism . He was called on for Retaliation , and at their next meet- ing produced this poem . If our landlord * supplies us with beef and with RETALIATION .
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... meet Scotchman and cheat in the dark . Here lies David Garrick ; describe him who can , An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor confest without rival to shine : As a wit , if not first , in the very first line : Yet ...
... meet Scotchman and cheat in the dark . Here lies David Garrick ; describe him who can , An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor confest without rival to shine : As a wit , if not first , in the very first line : Yet ...
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... meet in bloody fray , Nor cut each other's throats for pay . Of beasts , it is confest , the ape Comes nearest us in human shape , Like man , he imitates each fashion , And malice is his ruling passion ; But both in malice and grimaces ...
... meet in bloody fray , Nor cut each other's throats for pay . Of beasts , it is confest , the ape Comes nearest us in human shape , Like man , he imitates each fashion , And malice is his ruling passion ; But both in malice and grimaces ...
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