Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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Page iv
... happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in a similar situa- tion still do ) that he should continue dissatis- fied , with all the means apparently conducive to satisfaction within his reach : but in due time the cause of his ...
... happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in a similar situa- tion still do ) that he should continue dissatis- fied , with all the means apparently conducive to satisfaction within his reach : but in due time the cause of his ...
Page v
... happy deliverance , never forsook me . The desirable crisis , trust , is now nearly ap- proaching . The dawn , the presage of returning day , is already arrived . He is again enabled to resume his pen , and some of the first fruits of ...
... happy deliverance , never forsook me . The desirable crisis , trust , is now nearly ap- proaching . The dawn , the presage of returning day , is already arrived . He is again enabled to resume his pen , and some of the first fruits of ...
Page vii
... happy . We must lose the remembrance of what we once were , be- fore we can believe that a man is satisfied with himself , merely because he endeavours to appear SO . A smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally , and in ...
... happy . We must lose the remembrance of what we once were , be- fore we can believe that a man is satisfied with himself , merely because he endeavours to appear SO . A smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally , and in ...
Page xi
... his Majesty's happy Re- covery 456 Hymn for the use of the Sunday School at Olney 459 Stanzas subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for the Year 1787 460 The same for 1788 462 The same for 1789 Page 464 The same for 1790 CONTENTS . xi.
... his Majesty's happy Re- covery 456 Hymn for the use of the Sunday School at Olney 459 Stanzas subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for the Year 1787 460 The same for 1788 462 The same for 1789 Page 464 The same for 1790 CONTENTS . xi.
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... Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and ...
... Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and ...
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