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... poor's decay , ' Tis yours to judge , how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards , even beyond the miser's ...
... poor's decay , ' Tis yours to judge , how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards , even beyond the miser's ...
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... poor , Then only poor , indeed , the day she died . And oh ! for this ! while sculpture decks thy shrine , And art exhausts profusion round , The tribute of a tear be mine , A simple song , a sigh profound . There Faith shall come , a ...
... poor , Then only poor , indeed , the day she died . And oh ! for this ! while sculpture decks thy shrine , And art exhausts profusion round , The tribute of a tear be mine , A simple song , a sigh profound . There Faith shall come , a ...
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... poor dear Dick . He used to say that Croaker rhymed to joker ; and so we used to laugh -Poor Dick . ( Going to cry . ) Honeyw . His fate affects me . Croaker . Ay , he grew sick of this miserable life , where we do nothing but eat and ...
... poor dear Dick . He used to say that Croaker rhymed to joker ; and so we used to laugh -Poor Dick . ( Going to cry . ) Honeyw . His fate affects me . Croaker . Ay , he grew sick of this miserable life , where we do nothing but eat and ...
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THE DESERTED VILLAGE | 16 |
Part of a Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius | 53 |
On Seeing Mrs perform in the Character | 59 |
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