PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid clime ...
... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid clime ...
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... 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 virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
... 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 virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
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... Heaven roars above ; But nothing scares them from the course they love . To the lascivious pipe and wanton song That charm down fear , they frolic it along . With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf 12 TABLE TALK .
... Heaven roars above ; But nothing scares them from the course they love . To the lascivious pipe and wanton song That charm down fear , they frolic it along . With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf 12 TABLE TALK .
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... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where Discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined ...
... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where Discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined ...
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... song was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus , till Luxury seduced the mind To joys less innocent , as less refined ; Then Genius danced a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , seized the thyrsus , bound His brows with ivy ...
... song was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus , till Luxury seduced the mind To joys less innocent , as less refined ; Then Genius danced a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , seized the thyrsus , bound His brows with ivy ...
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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