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... voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend ...
... voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend ...
Page 144
... voice , And bid her mountains and her hills rejoice ; The sound shall run along the winding vales , And thou enjoy an Eden ere it fails . Ye groves ( the statesman at his desk exclaims , Sick of a thousand disappointed aims ) , My ...
... voice , And bid her mountains and her hills rejoice ; The sound shall run along the winding vales , And thou enjoy an Eden ere it fails . Ye groves ( the statesman at his desk exclaims , Sick of a thousand disappointed aims ) , My ...
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... voice Is but an instrument , on which the priest May play what tune he pleases . In the deed , The unequivocal , authentic deed , We find sound argument , we read the heart . ' Such reasonings ( if that name must needs belong To excuses ...
... voice Is but an instrument , on which the priest May play what tune he pleases . In the deed , The unequivocal , authentic deed , We find sound argument , we read the heart . ' Such reasonings ( if that name must needs belong To excuses ...
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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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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