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... wind that raised it , and it fell . He trod the very self same ground you tread , And Victory refuted all he said . B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its errour , if it err'd , was merely this- He thought the dying hour ...
... wind that raised it , and it fell . He trod the very self same ground you tread , And Victory refuted all he said . B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its errour , if it err'd , was merely this- He thought the dying hour ...
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... wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one ; Short his career indeed , but ably run ; Churchill , himself unconscious of his powers , In penury consumed his idle hours ; And , like a scatter'd seed at ...
... wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one ; Short his career indeed , but ably run ; Churchill , himself unconscious of his powers , In penury consumed his idle hours ; And , like a scatter'd seed at ...
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... eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 27.
... eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 27.
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... wind she swims , and sails away , Now stoops upon it , and now grasps the prey . Petronius ! all the muses weep for thee ; But every tear shall scald thy memory : The graces too , while Virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that ...
... wind she swims , and sails away , Now stoops upon it , and now grasps the prey . Petronius ! all the muses weep for thee ; But every tear shall scald thy memory : The graces too , while Virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that ...
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... wind . Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . Halting on crutches of unequal size , One ...
... wind . Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . Halting on crutches of unequal size , One ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth