Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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... never meant the rule should be applied To him that fights with justice on his side . Let laurels , drench'd in pure Parnassian dews , Reward his memory , dear to every muse , Who , with a courage of unshaken root , In honour's field ...
... never meant the rule should be applied To him that fights with justice on his side . Let laurels , drench'd in pure Parnassian dews , Reward his memory , dear to every muse , Who , with a courage of unshaken root , In honour's field ...
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... never feel the alacrity and joy With which he shouts and carols Vive le roi , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as Nature shows , Less on exterior ...
... never feel the alacrity and joy With which he shouts and carols Vive le roi , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as Nature shows , Less on exterior ...
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... When Avarice starves ( and never hides his face ) Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , TABLE TALK . 11 The same for 1789 464 The same for 1790 · 466 The same for 1792 468 The same for 1793 470.
... When Avarice starves ( and never hides his face ) Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , TABLE TALK . 11 The same for 1789 464 The same for 1790 · 466 The same for 1792 468 The same for 1793 470.
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... never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed , not tamely to be borne , Fire indignation and a sense of ...
... never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed , not tamely to be borne , Fire indignation and a sense of ...
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... 'd on the meagre produce of the land , An ell or two of prospect we command ; But never peep beyond the thorny bound , Or oaken fence that hems the paddock round . In Eden , ere yet innocence of heart Had faded TABLE TALK . 15.
... 'd on the meagre produce of the land , An ell or two of prospect we command ; But never peep beyond the thorny bound , Or oaken fence that hems the paddock round . In Eden , ere yet innocence of heart Had faded TABLE TALK . 15.
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