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... thee to thine heart : Happy the man there seeking and there found , Happy the nation where such men abound . How shall a verse impress thee ? by what name Shall I adjure thee not to court thy shame ? By theirs , whose bright example ...
... thee to thine heart : Happy the man there seeking and there found , Happy the nation where such men abound . How shall a verse impress thee ? by what name Shall I adjure thee not to court thy shame ? By theirs , whose bright example ...
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... thee with a powerful plea ) A task I venture on , impell'd by thee : O never seen but in thy bless'd effects , Or felt but in the soul that Heaven selects ; Who seeks to praise thee , and to make thee known To other hearts , must have ...
... thee with a powerful plea ) A task I venture on , impell'd by thee : O never seen but in thy bless'd effects , Or felt but in the soul that Heaven selects ; Who seeks to praise thee , and to make thee known To other hearts , must have ...
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... thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) 1 cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret ...
... thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) 1 cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret ...
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The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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Aspasio beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms death declension delight design'd distant divine docet dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory go snacks grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope Hophni and Phinehas hour JOHN GILPIN land latives learn'd liberty light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapinis rapture rest rude sacred scene scenes as fair scorn seem'd shew shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste Thaida thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er wind wisdom wonder worth youth