The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
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Page 37
... death this man despairing drove , But his own guilty mind deserving death . Is't then unjust to each his due to give ? Or let him die that loatheth living breath ? Or let him die at ease , that liveth here uneath ? " Who travels by the ...
... death this man despairing drove , But his own guilty mind deserving death . Is't then unjust to each his due to give ? Or let him die that loatheth living breath ? Or let him die at ease , that liveth here uneath ? " Who travels by the ...
Page 55
... death what dreams may come , When we have shuffled off this mortal coil , Must give us pause : -there's the respect , That makes calamity of so long life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the ...
... death what dreams may come , When we have shuffled off this mortal coil , Must give us pause : -there's the respect , That makes calamity of so long life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the ...
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... Death ! Day is for mortal care , Eve for glad meetings round the joyous hearth , Night for the dreams of sleep , the voice of prayer ; But all for thee , thou mightiest of the earth ! The banquet hath its hour , Its feverish hour of ...
... Death ! Day is for mortal care , Eve for glad meetings round the joyous hearth , Night for the dreams of sleep , the voice of prayer ; But all for thee , thou mightiest of the earth ! The banquet hath its hour , Its feverish hour of ...
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