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Page 72
... look , in days like these , For ears and hearts , that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak but the word , will listen and ...
... look , in days like these , For ears and hearts , that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak but the word , will listen and ...
Page 73
... look , in days like these , For ears and hearts , that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak but the word , will listen and ...
... look , in days like these , For ears and hearts , that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak but the word , will listen and ...
Page 149
... looks prettily in rhyme ; Streams tinkle sweetly in poetic chime : The warblings of the blackbird , clear and strong , Are ... look'd another way . Convinced at last , upon a nearer view , ' Twas he , the same , the very Jack he knew , O ...
... looks prettily in rhyme ; Streams tinkle sweetly in poetic chime : The warblings of the blackbird , clear and strong , Are ... look'd another way . Convinced at last , upon a nearer view , ' Twas he , the same , the very Jack he knew , O ...
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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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