The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading and recitation, in public and private seminaries. Com piled by H. Marlen1838 |
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... lost the ease , Which marks security to please ; And seenes , long past , of joy and pain , Came wildering o'er his aged brain , - He tried to tune his harp in vain . The pitying Duchess praised its chime , And gave him 2 THE POETIC ...
... lost the ease , Which marks security to please ; And seenes , long past , of joy and pain , Came wildering o'er his aged brain , - He tried to tune his harp in vain . The pitying Duchess praised its chime , And gave him 2 THE POETIC ...
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... lost ; Each blank in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , " Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL PATRIOTISM . sung . BREATHES there the man , with soul so dead , Who never to ...
... lost ; Each blank in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , " Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL PATRIOTISM . sung . BREATHES there the man , with soul so dead , Who never to ...
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... lost my father's treat . " " Well Tom , " the anxious parent cries , " How did you manage ? " Tom replies , " I shunned each wide extreme to take , " To glut my maw or hoard my cake ; " I thought each day its wants would have , " And ...
... lost my father's treat . " " Well Tom , " the anxious parent cries , " How did you manage ? " Tom replies , " I shunned each wide extreme to take , " To glut my maw or hoard my cake ; " I thought each day its wants would have , " And ...
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... lost my eyes ? " " " Twere no great loss , " the friend replies ; 66 For , if they always serve you thus , " You'll find them but of little use . ' So high at last the contest rose , From words they almost came to blows : When luckily ...
... lost my eyes ? " " " Twere no great loss , " the friend replies ; 66 For , if they always serve you thus , " You'll find them but of little use . ' So high at last the contest rose , From words they almost came to blows : When luckily ...
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... . " The morning sees my chase begun , " Nor ends it till the setting sun . " 66 " When , " says the Greyhound , " I pursue , My game is lost , or caught in view ; Beyond my sight the prey's secure : " The Hound THE POETIC RECITFR . 21.
... . " The morning sees my chase begun , " Nor ends it till the setting sun . " 66 " When , " says the Greyhound , " I pursue , My game is lost , or caught in view ; Beyond my sight the prey's secure : " The Hound THE POETIC RECITFR . 21.
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