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... beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger , or prescribe the cure . The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasp'd at ...
... beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger , or prescribe the cure . The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasp'd at ...
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... beneath a fever's secret sway , And like a summer brook are pass'd away . This is a sight for Pity to peruse , Till she resemble faintly what she views , Till Sympathy contract a kindred pain , Pierced with the woes that she laments in ...
... beneath a fever's secret sway , And like a summer brook are pass'd away . This is a sight for Pity to peruse , Till she resemble faintly what she views , Till Sympathy contract a kindred pain , Pierced with the woes that she laments in ...
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... beneath his nose : the trailing cloud Streams far behind him , scenting all the air . Now from the roost , or from the neighbouring pale , Where , diligent to catch the first faint gleam Take step for step ; and , as I near. THE TASK ...
... beneath his nose : the trailing cloud Streams far behind him , scenting all the air . Now from the roost , or from the neighbouring pale , Where , diligent to catch the first faint gleam Take step for step ; and , as I near. THE TASK ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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