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... pity's smart , The troublous day , and long distressful dream.— Return , my roving muse , resume thy purposed theme . There liv'd in Gothic days , as legends tell , A shepherd - swain , a man of low degree ; Whose sires , perchance , in ...
... pity's smart , The troublous day , and long distressful dream.— Return , my roving muse , resume thy purposed theme . There liv'd in Gothic days , as legends tell , A shepherd - swain , a man of low degree ; Whose sires , perchance , in ...
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... pity roll , A sigh , a tear , so sweet , he wish'd not to control . " O ye wild groves , O where is now your bloom ! " ( The Muse interprets thus his tender thought- ) " Your flowers , your verdure , and your balmy gloom , " Of late so ...
... pity roll , A sigh , a tear , so sweet , he wish'd not to control . " O ye wild groves , O where is now your bloom ! " ( The Muse interprets thus his tender thought- ) " Your flowers , your verdure , and your balmy gloom , " Of late so ...
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... pity pierce That heart by lust of lucre sear❜d to stone ! For sure , if aught of virtue last , or verse , To latest times shall tender souls bemoan Those helpless orphan - babes by thy fell arts undone . Behold , with berries smear'd ...
... pity pierce That heart by lust of lucre sear❜d to stone ! For sure , if aught of virtue last , or verse , To latest times shall tender souls bemoan Those helpless orphan - babes by thy fell arts undone . Behold , with berries smear'd ...
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... : No frenzy half so desperate as this . Tell us , ye dead ! will none of you in pity To those you left behind , disclose the secret ? Oh ! that some courteous ghost would blab it out , What ' tis you are , and we must shortly 68 THE GRAVE .
... : No frenzy half so desperate as this . Tell us , ye dead ! will none of you in pity To those you left behind , disclose the secret ? Oh ! that some courteous ghost would blab it out , What ' tis you are , and we must shortly 68 THE GRAVE .
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... re all our own , While to the world we live unknown , Or by the world forgot : Monarchs ! we envy not your state ; We look with pity on the great , And bless our humble lot . Our portion is not large , indeed ; But then 90 THE FIRE - SIDE .
... re all our own , While to the world we live unknown , Or by the world forgot : Monarchs ! we envy not your state ; We look with pity on the great , And bless our humble lot . Our portion is not large , indeed ; But then 90 THE FIRE - SIDE .
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