The Poetical WorksG. Bell, 1867 - 186 pages |
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... second ; and if happiness may be reckoned by comparison ( I am not sure that it may ) , Goldsmith was better off than many men whose names , nearly as well known , will crowd to the mind . The same year , 1759 , Burns was to be born ...
... second ; and if happiness may be reckoned by comparison ( I am not sure that it may ) , Goldsmith was better off than many men whose names , nearly as well known , will crowd to the mind . The same year , 1759 , Burns was to be born ...
Page 87
... second line , The vanguard to the King and Queen , from far Prepared to open all the fate of war . So moved the boxen hosts , each double - lined , Their different colours floating in the wind : As if an army of the Gauls should go ...
... second line , The vanguard to the King and Queen , from far Prepared to open all the fate of war . So moved the boxen hosts , each double - lined , Their different colours floating in the wind : As if an army of the Gauls should go ...
Page 98
... second nuptial tie . Hence the pale ruler with a love - sick eye Surveys th ' attendants of his former wife , And offers one of them a royal life . These , when their martial mistress had been slain , Weak and despairing , tried their ...
... second nuptial tie . Hence the pale ruler with a love - sick eye Surveys th ' attendants of his former wife , And offers one of them a royal life . These , when their martial mistress had been slain , Weak and despairing , tried their ...
Page 101
... second wives upon the plain ; Then , though with equal views each hoped and fear'd , Yet , as if every doubt had disappear'd , As if he had the palm , young Hermes flies Into excess of joy ; with deep disguise , Extols his own Black ...
... second wives upon the plain ; Then , though with equal views each hoped and fear'd , Yet , as if every doubt had disappear'd , As if he had the palm , young Hermes flies Into excess of joy ; with deep disguise , Extols his own Black ...
Page 103
... second rank , that he could go No farther now than to that distant row , The sable Monarch then with cheerful mien Approach'd , but always with one space between . But as the King stood o'er against him there , Helpless , forlorn , and ...
... second rank , that he could go No farther now than to that distant row , The sable Monarch then with cheerful mien Approach'd , but always with one space between . But as the King stood o'er against him there , Helpless , forlorn , and ...
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