PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... force A mind well - lodged , and masculine of course . Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty inspires And keeps alive his fierce bút noble fires . Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul ; But , if Authority ...
... force A mind well - lodged , and masculine of course . Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty inspires And keeps alive his fierce bút noble fires . Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul ; But , if Authority ...
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... , beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain , The varied fields of science , ever new , " Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no TABLE TALK .
... , beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain , The varied fields of science , ever new , " Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no TABLE TALK .
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William Cowper. She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in her course . Religion , richest favour of the skies , Stands most reveal'd before the freeman's eyes ; No shades of superstition blot the day ...
William Cowper. She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in her course . Religion , richest favour of the skies , Stands most reveal'd before the freeman's eyes ; No shades of superstition blot the day ...
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... force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But ...
... force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But ...
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... force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes the heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When Labour and when Dulness , club in hand , Like the two figures at St. Dunstan's , stand , Beating alternately , in measured time ...
... force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes the heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When Labour and when Dulness , club in hand , Like the two figures at St. Dunstan's , stand , Beating alternately , in measured time ...
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