PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... plays upon its face ; T portive light , uncertain where it falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . LONDON : Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington ; Longman and Co ; Cadell and Davies ; Black and Co .; John Richardson ...
... plays upon its face ; T portive light , uncertain where it falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . LONDON : Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington ; Longman and Co ; Cadell and Davies ; Black and Co .; John Richardson ...
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... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering and standing as if struck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ! - If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be ...
... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering and standing as if struck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ! - If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be ...
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... play ) ; To win no praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no Miend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries ...
... play ) ; To win no praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no Miend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries ...
Page 8
... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ? Or if , when ridden ...
... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ? Or if , when ridden ...
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... , in Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the same ; Hence British poets too the priesthood shared , And every hallow'd druid was a bard , But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play TABLE TALK . 13.
... , in Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the same ; Hence British poets too the priesthood shared , And every hallow'd druid was a bard , But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play TABLE TALK . 13.
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