PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page vii
... heart . We know that there are people who seldom smile when they are alone , who therefore are glad to hide themselves in a throng from the violence of their own reflec- tions , and who , while by their looks and their language they ...
... heart . We know that there are people who seldom smile when they are alone , who therefore are glad to hide themselves in a throng from the violence of their own reflec- tions , and who , while by their looks and their language they ...
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... heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in Roman ...
... heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in Roman ...
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... meager produce of the land , An ell or two of prospect we command ; But never peep beyond the thorny bound , Or oaken fence that hems the paddock round . In Eden , ere yet innocence of heart Had faded TABLE TALK . 15.
... meager produce of the land , An ell or two of prospect we command ; But never peep beyond the thorny bound , Or oaken fence that hems the paddock round . In Eden , ere yet innocence of heart Had faded TABLE TALK . 15.
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... heart , surrender'd to the ruling power Of some ungovern'd passion every hour , Finds by degrees the truths , that once bore sway , And all their deep impressions , wear away ; So coin grows smooth , in traffic current pass'd , Till ...
... heart , surrender'd to the ruling power Of some ungovern'd passion every hour , Finds by degrees the truths , that once bore sway , And all their deep impressions , wear away ; So coin grows smooth , in traffic current pass'd , Till ...
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... heart , was worthy of thine own ! Now , while the poison all high life pervades , Write , if thou canst , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worse part , thy principles , live yet : One ...
... heart , was worthy of thine own ! Now , while the poison all high life pervades , Write , if thou canst , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worse part , thy principles , live yet : One ...
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