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... Fates , if they refuse The imperial banquet and the rich attire . Know thine own worth , and reverence the lyre . Wilt thou debase the heart which God refin'd ? No ; let thy heaven - taught soul to heaven aspire , To fancy , freedom ...
... Fates , if they refuse The imperial banquet and the rich attire . Know thine own worth , and reverence the lyre . Wilt thou debase the heart which God refin'd ? No ; let thy heaven - taught soul to heaven aspire , To fancy , freedom ...
Page 17
... fate his calm and humble hopes beguil'd ; He mourn'd no recreant friend , nor mistress coy , For on his vows the blameless Phoebe smil❜d , And her alone he lov'd , and lov'd her from a child . No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast ...
... fate his calm and humble hopes beguil'd ; He mourn'd no recreant friend , nor mistress coy , For on his vows the blameless Phoebe smil❜d , And her alone he lov'd , and lov'd her from a child . No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast ...
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... Fate , and wonder how they mourn . " Shall spring to these sad scenes no more return ? " Is yonder wave the sun's eternal bed ? - " Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn , " And spring shall soon her vital influence shed ; " Again ...
... Fate , and wonder how they mourn . " Shall spring to these sad scenes no more return ? " Is yonder wave the sun's eternal bed ? - " Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn , " And spring shall soon her vital influence shed ; " Again ...
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... Fate , relenting , lets the flower revive ? " Shall Nature's voice , to man alone unjust , " Bid him , tho ' doom'd to perish , hope to live ? " Is it for this fair Virtue oft must strive " With disappointment , penury , and pain ...
... Fate , relenting , lets the flower revive ? " Shall Nature's voice , to man alone unjust , " Bid him , tho ' doom'd to perish , hope to live ? " Is it for this fair Virtue oft must strive " With disappointment , penury , and pain ...
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... Fate , and pious Hope forego : Like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven , Perfection , beauty , life , they never know , But frown on all that pass , a monument of wo . Shall he , whose birth , maturity , and age , Scarce fill the ...
... Fate , and pious Hope forego : Like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven , Perfection , beauty , life , they never know , But frown on all that pass , a monument of wo . Shall he , whose birth , maturity , and age , Scarce fill the ...
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