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... glory nigh How vain the chase thine ardour has begun ! ' Tis fled afar , ere half thy purpos'd race be run . Yet could'st thou learn , that thus it fares with age , When pleasure , wealth , or power , the bosom warm , This baffled hope ...
... glory nigh How vain the chase thine ardour has begun ! ' Tis fled afar , ere half thy purpos'd race be run . Yet could'st thou learn , that thus it fares with age , When pleasure , wealth , or power , the bosom warm , This baffled hope ...
Page 37
... glittering on their gaze " Seems to outshine the pomp of heaven's empyreal blaze . " Like them , abandon'd to Ambition's sway , " I sought for glory in the paths of guile ; D " And fawn'd and smil'd , to plunder and betray THE MINSTREL .
... glittering on their gaze " Seems to outshine the pomp of heaven's empyreal blaze . " Like them , abandon'd to Ambition's sway , " I sought for glory in the paths of guile ; D " And fawn'd and smil'd , to plunder and betray THE MINSTREL .
Page 39
... " And all thy favourite haunts with blood and tears defil'd ! " Along yon glittering sky what glory streams ! " What majesty attends night's lovely queen ! " Fair laugh our valleys in the vernal beams ; THE MINSTREL . 39.
... " And all thy favourite haunts with blood and tears defil'd ! " Along yon glittering sky what glory streams ! " What majesty attends night's lovely queen ! " Fair laugh our valleys in the vernal beams ; THE MINSTREL . 39.
Page 42
... glory there achiev'd by arts as foul " As those which felons , fiends , and furies plan ? " Spiders ensnare , snakes poison , tigers prowl ; " Love is the godlike attribute of man . " O teach a simple youth this mystery to scan . " Or ...
... glory there achiev'd by arts as foul " As those which felons , fiends , and furies plan ? " Spiders ensnare , snakes poison , tigers prowl ; " Love is the godlike attribute of man . " O teach a simple youth this mystery to scan . " Or ...
Page 48
... glory bear ! -for lo ! the shadows fly " From Nature's face ; Confusion disappears , " And order charms the eyes , and harmony the ears . The influence of the Philosophic Spirit , in humanizing the mind , and preparing it for ...
... glory bear ! -for lo ! the shadows fly " From Nature's face ; Confusion disappears , " And order charms the eyes , and harmony the ears . The influence of the Philosophic Spirit , in humanizing the mind , and preparing it for ...
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