The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
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... charm , To bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft out - watch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What ...
... charm , To bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft out - watch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What ...
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... charms That call Fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas , Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms . Lift not thy spear against the Muses ' bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid spare ...
... charms That call Fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas , Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms . Lift not thy spear against the Muses ' bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid spare ...
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... charm the unfolding ear : The dumb shall sing , the lame his crutch forego , And leap exulting , like the bounding roe . No sigh , no murmur , the wide world shall hear ; From every face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine chains ...
... charm the unfolding ear : The dumb shall sing , the lame his crutch forego , And leap exulting , like the bounding roe . No sigh , no murmur , the wide world shall hear ; From every face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine chains ...
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... charm the enlivened soul ! What though not all Of mortal offspring can attain the heights Of envied life ; though only few possess Patrician treasures or imperial state ; Yet nature's care , to all her children just , With richer ...
... charm the enlivened soul ! What though not all Of mortal offspring can attain the heights Of envied life ; though only few possess Patrician treasures or imperial state ; Yet nature's care , to all her children just , With richer ...
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... charm Of sacred order , soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order , to exert Within herself this elegance of love , This fair inspired delight : her tempered powers Refine at length , and every passion wears A chaster , milder ...
... charm Of sacred order , soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order , to exert Within herself this elegance of love , This fair inspired delight : her tempered powers Refine at length , and every passion wears A chaster , milder ...
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