PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 14
... round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the morris - dance of verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line that ploughs its stately course Like ...
... round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the morris - dance of verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line that ploughs its stately course Like ...
Page 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.
... 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.
Page 21
... round human hearts ; Tell where she lurks , beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless ...
... round human hearts ; Tell where she lurks , beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless ...
Page 54
... weakness and of pain , Still haunts , in hope to dream of youth again ; All speak her happy : let the muse look round From East to West , no sorrow can be found : Or only what , in cottages confined , Sighs unregarded Expostulation Hope.
... weakness and of pain , Still haunts , in hope to dream of youth again ; All speak her happy : let the muse look round From East to West , no sorrow can be found : Or only what , in cottages confined , Sighs unregarded Expostulation Hope.
Page 74
... round the motley crowd , The rich grow poor , the poor become purse - proud ; Business is labour , and man's weakness such , Pleasure is labour too , and tires as much , The very sense of it foregoes its use , By repetition pall'd , by ...
... round the motley crowd , The rich grow poor , the poor become purse - proud ; Business is labour , and man's weakness such , Pleasure is labour too , and tires as much , The very sense of it foregoes its use , By repetition pall'd , by ...
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