PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band , call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their ...
... E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band , call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their ...
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... E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And every warbler has his tune by heart . Nature imparting his satiric ...
... E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And every warbler has his tune by heart . Nature imparting his satiric ...
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... E'en Bacchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth Hourly ...
... E'en Bacchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth Hourly ...
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... heretofore Has charm'd me much , ( not e'en Occiduus more ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to 24 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
... heretofore Has charm'd me much , ( not e'en Occiduus more ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to 24 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
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... E'en Lewenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employ'd to calculate the enormous sum , And own his crab - computing powers o'ercome . Is this hyperbole ? The world well known , Your sober thoughts will hardly find it one . Fresh ...
... E'en Lewenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employ'd to calculate the enormous sum , And own his crab - computing powers o'ercome . Is this hyperbole ? The world well known , Your sober thoughts will hardly find it one . Fresh ...
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