The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty , groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults thro ' all his ...
... smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty , groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults thro ' all his ...
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... Smiles by his cheerful fire , and round surveys His children's looks , that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard , Displays her cleanly platter on the board : And haply too some pilgrim thither led ...
... Smiles by his cheerful fire , and round surveys His children's looks , that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard , Displays her cleanly platter on the board : And haply too some pilgrim thither led ...
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... smiling long frequented village fall ; Beheld the duteous son , the sire decay'd , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Fore'd from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the western main ; Where wild Oswego ...
... smiling long frequented village fall ; Beheld the duteous son , the sire decay'd , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Fore'd from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the western main ; Where wild Oswego ...
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... smiling Spring its earliest visits paid , And parting Summer's ling'ring bloom delay'd . Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease , Seats of my youth , when every sport could please , How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green , Where ...
... smiling Spring its earliest visits paid , And parting Summer's ling'ring bloom delay'd . Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease , Seats of my youth , when every sport could please , How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green , Where ...
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... smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , Thy sports are fled , and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half a ...
... smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , Thy sports are fled , and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half a ...
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