PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... pleasure : a friend who was not only a comfort to myself , but a blessing to the affectionate poor people , among whom I then lived . Some time after inclination had thus removed him from the hurry and bustle of life , he was still more ...
... pleasure : a friend who was not only a comfort to myself , but a blessing to the affectionate poor people , among whom I then lived . Some time after inclination had thus removed him from the hurry and bustle of life , he was still more ...
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... pleasure , and good pay ; When Freedom , wounded almost to despair , Though Discontent alone can find out where ; When themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a sien sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power ...
... pleasure , and good pay ; When Freedom , wounded almost to despair , Though Discontent alone can find out where ; When themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a sien sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power ...
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... pleasure sweeps along All , that should be the boast of British song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every ...
... pleasure sweeps along All , that should be the boast of British song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every ...
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... Pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute and hateful school Of Wantonness , where vice was taught by rule , Swarm'd with a scribbling herd , as deep inlaid With brutal lust , as ever Circe made . From these a long succession , in the ...
... Pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute and hateful school Of Wantonness , where vice was taught by rule , Swarm'd with a scribbling herd , as deep inlaid With brutal lust , as ever Circe made . From these a long succession , in the ...
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... Pleasure brings us surely in her train Remorse , and Sorrow , and vindictive Pain . Man , thus endued with an ... pleasures less refined Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him ...
... Pleasure brings us surely in her train Remorse , and Sorrow , and vindictive Pain . Man , thus endued with an ... pleasures less refined Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth