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Page 117
... wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove , her helm of reason lost . Though now restored , ' tis only change of pain , ( A bitter change ! ) severer for severe : The day too short for my distress ; and night , E'en in the zenith ...
... wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove , her helm of reason lost . Though now restored , ' tis only change of pain , ( A bitter change ! ) severer for severe : The day too short for my distress ; and night , E'en in the zenith ...
Page 179
... wave , the dreary shore , The sluggish streams that slowly creep below , Which mortals visit and return no more ... waves o'er the cheerless ground . There let me wander at the shut of eve , When sleep sits dewy on the labourer's eyes ...
... wave , the dreary shore , The sluggish streams that slowly creep below , Which mortals visit and return no more ... waves o'er the cheerless ground . There let me wander at the shut of eve , When sleep sits dewy on the labourer's eyes ...
Page 339
... waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride , or spoils of Trafalgar . Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee- Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , where are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free , And many a ...
... waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride , or spoils of Trafalgar . Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee- Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , where are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free , And many a ...
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