PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of ...
... ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of ...
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... ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . B ...
... ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . B ...
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... dream ; Yours , real and pernicious in the extreme . What then ! -are appetites and lusts laid down , With the same ease that man puts on his gown ?. Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 23.
... dream ; Yours , real and pernicious in the extreme . What then ! -are appetites and lusts laid down , With the same ease that man puts on his gown ?. Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 23.
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... ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That Education gives her , false or true . Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's coltish disposition asks the thong ...
... ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That Education gives her , false or true . Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's coltish disposition asks the thong ...
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... ease , Elegant phrase , and figure form'd to please , Are qualities , that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , schools intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refined ...
... ease , Elegant phrase , and figure form'd to please , Are qualities , that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , schools intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refined ...
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