The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... passions rise , Pleas'd with each good , that Heaven to man supplies ; Yet oft a sighi prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the hoard of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness ...
... passions rise , Pleas'd with each good , that Heaven to man supplies ; Yet oft a sighi prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the hoard of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness ...
Page 18
... passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies : Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child ...
... passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies : Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child ...
Page 52
... passion touch'd my heart , " I triumph'd in his pain . a Till quite dejected with my scorn , " He left me to my pride ; And sought a solitude forlorn , " In secret where he dy'd . But mine the sorrow , mine the fault , " And well my ...
... passion touch'd my heart , " I triumph'd in his pain . a Till quite dejected with my scorn , " He left me to my pride ; And sought a solitude forlorn , " In secret where he dy'd . But mine the sorrow , mine the fault , " And well my ...
Page 56
... passion . I'll give thee something yet unpaid , Not less sincere , than civil : I'll give thee - ah ! too charming maid , I'll give thee - to the devil . THE LOGICIANS REFUTED . In Imitation of Dean Swift . 56 THE GIFT .
... passion . I'll give thee something yet unpaid , Not less sincere , than civil : I'll give thee - ah ! too charming maid , I'll give thee - to the devil . THE LOGICIANS REFUTED . In Imitation of Dean Swift . 56 THE GIFT .
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... passion ; But both in malice and grimaces , A courtier any ape surpasses . Behold him humbly cringing , wait Upon the minister of state ; View him soon after to inferiors Aping the conduct of superiors ; He promises with equal air , And ...
... passion ; But both in malice and grimaces , A courtier any ape surpasses . Behold him humbly cringing , wait Upon the minister of state ; View him soon after to inferiors Aping the conduct of superiors ; He promises with equal air , And ...
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