Odes by Mr. MasonJames Rudd, 1756 - 23 pages |
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... say , How , at thy gloomy close of day ; How , when " depreft by Age , befet with wrongs ; When " fall'n on evil days and evil tongues ; When Darkness , brooding on thy fight , Exil'd the fov'raign lamp of light : Say , what could then ...
... say , How , at thy gloomy close of day ; How , when " depreft by Age , befet with wrongs ; When " fall'n on evil days and evil tongues ; When Darkness , brooding on thy fight , Exil'd the fov'raign lamp of light : Say , what could then ...
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... twas wove by my immortal hand , " I breath'd on every flower a purer glow ; " Say , for thy fake , I fend the gift divine " To him , who calls thee HIS , yet makes thee MINE . " ODE On MELANCHOLY . TO A FRIEND . A I. H O DE S. 9.
... twas wove by my immortal hand , " I breath'd on every flower a purer glow ; " Say , for thy fake , I fend the gift divine " To him , who calls thee HIS , yet makes thee MINE . " ODE On MELANCHOLY . TO A FRIEND . A I. H O DE S. 9.
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... weeping rill Soft - tinkling down the mofs - grown hill , While thro ' the weft , where finks the crimson Day , Meek Twilight flowly fails , and waves her banners grey ? II . II . Say , from affliction's various fource Do none ODE III .
... weeping rill Soft - tinkling down the mofs - grown hill , While thro ' the weft , where finks the crimson Day , Meek Twilight flowly fails , and waves her banners grey ? II . II . Say , from affliction's various fource Do none ODE III .
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William Mason. II . Say , from affliction's various fource Do none but turbid waters flow ? And cannot Fancy clear their course ? For Fancy is the friend of Woe . Say , mid that grove , in love - lorn ftate , When yon poor Ringdove ...
William Mason. II . Say , from affliction's various fource Do none but turbid waters flow ? And cannot Fancy clear their course ? For Fancy is the friend of Woe . Say , mid that grove , in love - lorn ftate , When yon poor Ringdove ...
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... say unto thee , art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? 11. Thy pomp is brought down to the grave , and the noife of thy viols : the worm is fpread under thee , and the worms.cover them . 12. How art thou fallen ...
... say unto thee , art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? 11. Thy pomp is brought down to the grave , and the noife of thy viols : the worm is fpread under thee , and the worms.cover them . 12. How art thou fallen ...
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