The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... thee : Still to my brother turns , with ceaseless pain , And drags at each remove a lengthening chain . Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot , where cheerful ...
... thee : Still to my brother turns , with ceaseless pain , And drags at each remove a lengthening chain . Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot , where cheerful ...
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... thee alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when stript of all her charms , The land of scholars , and the nurse of arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame , Where kings have toil'd , and ...
... thee alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when stript of all her charms , The land of scholars , and the nurse of arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame , Where kings have toil'd , and ...
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... thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid vigor not their own . At every draught more large and large they grow , A A ...
... thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid vigor not their own . At every draught more large and large they grow , A A ...
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... thee well ; Farewell , and O ! where'er thy voice be try'd , On Torno's cliff , or Pambamarca's side , Whether where equinoctial fervors glow , Or winter wraps the polar world in snow , Still let thy voice , prevailing over time ...
... thee well ; Farewell , and O ! where'er thy voice be try'd , On Torno's cliff , or Pambamarca's side , Whether where equinoctial fervors glow , Or winter wraps the polar world in snow , Still let thy voice , prevailing over time ...
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... thee to thy doom . " Here , to the houseless child of want , " My door is open still ; " And tho ' my portion is but scant , " I give it with good will . " Then turn to - night , and freely share " Whate'er my cell bestows ; " My rushy ...
... thee to thy doom . " Here , to the houseless child of want , " My door is open still ; " And tho ' my portion is but scant , " I give it with good will . " Then turn to - night , and freely share " Whate'er my cell bestows ; " My rushy ...
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