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... friendship could silence , declared to be the characteristic of much of Percy's collection . It is instructive as a study of poetical progress to contrast it with a ballad of our own day in the same measure - the Talking Oak of Tennyson ...
... friendship could silence , declared to be the characteristic of much of Percy's collection . It is instructive as a study of poetical progress to contrast it with a ballad of our own day in the same measure - the Talking Oak of Tennyson ...
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... friendship between us can acquire no new force from the ceremonies of a Dedica- tion ; and perhaps it demands an excuse thus to prefix your name to my attempts , which you decline giving with your own . But as a part of this Poem was ...
... friendship between us can acquire no new force from the ceremonies of a Dedica- tion ; and perhaps it demands an excuse thus to prefix your name to my attempts , which you decline giving with your own . But as a part of this Poem was ...
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... friendship's finely - pointed dart - Fall blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May sit , like falcons cow'ring on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such as play Through life's more ...
... friendship's finely - pointed dart - Fall blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May sit , like falcons cow'ring on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such as play Through life's more ...
Page 63
... friendship mix'd with bliss : But , when a twelvemonth pass'd away , Jack found his goddess made of clay ; Found half the charms that deck'd her face Arose from powder , shreds , or lace ; But still the worst remain'd behind , That very ...
... friendship mix'd with bliss : But , when a twelvemonth pass'd away , Jack found his goddess made of clay ; Found half the charms that deck'd her face Arose from powder , shreds , or lace ; But still the worst remain'd behind , That very ...
Page 69
... friendship unreturn'd , Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls ...
... friendship unreturn'd , Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls ...
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