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Page 79
... o'er a restless flood , A vain pursuit of fugitive false good , A scene of fancied bliss and heart - felt care , Closing at last with darkness and despair . The poor , inured to drudgery and distress , Act without aim , think little ...
... o'er a restless flood , A vain pursuit of fugitive false good , A scene of fancied bliss and heart - felt care , Closing at last with darkness and despair . The poor , inured to drudgery and distress , Act without aim , think little ...
Page 148
... o'er - arching vault , Earth's millions daily fed , a world employ'd In gathering plenty yet to be enjoy'd , Till gratitude grew vocal in the praise Of God , beneficent in all his ways ; Graced with such wisdom , how would beauty shine ...
... o'er - arching vault , Earth's millions daily fed , a world employ'd In gathering plenty yet to be enjoy'd , Till gratitude grew vocal in the praise Of God , beneficent in all his ways ; Graced with such wisdom , how would beauty shine ...
Page 172
... o'er hapless favourites shed , O share Maria's grief ! Her favourite , even in his cage , ( What will not hunger's cruel rage ? ) Assassin'd by a thief . Where Rhenus strays his vines among , The egg was laid from which he And , though ...
... o'er hapless favourites shed , O share Maria's grief ! Her favourite , even in his cage , ( What will not hunger's cruel rage ? ) Assassin'd by a thief . Where Rhenus strays his vines among , The egg was laid from which he And , though ...
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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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