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... e'en in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs : not far removed the date , When commerce proudly flourished through the sta.c ; At her command the ...
... e'en in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs : not far removed the date , When commerce proudly flourished through the sta.c ; At her command the ...
Page 162
... e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan , And learns to venerate himself as man . Thine , Freedom , thine , the blessings pictured here , Thine are those charms that dazzle and endear ; Too blest indeed were such without alloy ...
... e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan , And learns to venerate himself as man . Thine , Freedom , thine , the blessings pictured here , Thine are those charms that dazzle and endear ; Too blest indeed were such without alloy ...
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... E'en now the devastation is begun , And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now , methinks , as pondering here I stand , I see the rural virtues leave the land . Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail , That idly ...
... E'en now the devastation is begun , And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now , methinks , as pondering here I stand , I see the rural virtues leave the land . Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail , That idly ...
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