Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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... thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer , and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The worth of his three kingdoms I defy , To lure me to the baseness of a lie : And , of all lies ( be that one poet's boast ) ...
... thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer , and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The worth of his three kingdoms I defy , To lure me to the baseness of a lie : And , of all lies ( be that one poet's boast ) ...
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... thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will ...
... thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will ...
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... thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be bless'd With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they ...
... thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be bless'd With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they ...
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... the muses weep for thee ; But every tear shall scald thy memory : The graces too , while Virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that soft hand of thine , Felt each a mortal stab in her own breast , THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 29.
... the muses weep for thee ; But every tear shall scald thy memory : The graces too , while Virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that soft hand of thine , Felt each a mortal stab in her own breast , THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 29.
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... thine own ! Now , while the poison all high life pervades , Write , if thou canst , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worse part , thy principles , live yet : One sad epistle thence ...
... thine own ! Now , while the poison all high life pervades , Write , if thou canst , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worse part , thy principles , live yet : One sad epistle thence ...
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