PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 21
... voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend ...
... voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend ...
Page 22
... voice , Must be supplied with objects of his choice ; Where'er he turns , enjoyment and delight , Or present , or in prospect , meet his sight ; Those open on the spot their honied store ; These call him loudly to pursuit of more . His ...
... voice , Must be supplied with objects of his choice ; Where'er he turns , enjoyment and delight , Or present , or in prospect , meet his sight ; Those open on the spot their honied store ; These call him loudly to pursuit of more . His ...
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... the flowery weeds , where'er they grow , That bind the sinner's Bacchanalian brow . Oh that unwelcome voice of heavenly love , Sad messenger of mercy from above ! D How does it grate upon his thankless ear , Crippling TRUTH . 49.
... the flowery weeds , where'er they grow , That bind the sinner's Bacchanalian brow . Oh that unwelcome voice of heavenly love , Sad messenger of mercy from above ! D How does it grate upon his thankless ear , Crippling TRUTH . 49.
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... voice That cried , Repent ! -- and gloried in thy choice ? Thy fastings , when calamity at last Suggests the expedient of a yearly fast , What mean they ? Canst thou dream there is a power In lighter diet at a later hour , To charm to ...
... voice That cried , Repent ! -- and gloried in thy choice ? Thy fastings , when calamity at last Suggests the expedient of a yearly fast , What mean they ? Canst thou dream there is a power In lighter diet at a later hour , To charm to ...
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... voice . Oh slave ! with powers thou didst not dare exert , Verse cannot stoop so low as thy desert ; It shakes the sides of splenetic Disdain , Thou self - entitled ruler of the main , To trace thee to the date when yon fair sea , That ...
... voice . Oh slave ! with powers thou didst not dare exert , Verse cannot stoop so low as thy desert ; It shakes the sides of splenetic Disdain , Thou self - entitled ruler of the main , To trace thee to the date when yon fair sea , That ...
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