PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 35
... Secure of nothing - but to lose the race . Faults in the life breed errours in the brain , And these reciprocally those again . The mind and conduct mutually imprint And stamp their image in each other's mint : Each , sire and dam , of ...
... Secure of nothing - but to lose the race . Faults in the life breed errours in the brain , And these reciprocally those again . The mind and conduct mutually imprint And stamp their image in each other's mint : Each , sire and dam , of ...
Page 46
... secure , her heart and pocket light ; She , for her humble sphere by nature fit , Has little understanding , and no wit , Receives no praise ; but , though her lot be such , ( Toilsome and indigent ) she renders much ; Just knows , and ...
... secure , her heart and pocket light ; She , for her humble sphere by nature fit , Has little understanding , and no wit , Receives no praise ; but , though her lot be such , ( Toilsome and indigent ) she renders much ; Just knows , and ...
Page 71
... Secure the favour , and enhance the joy , That thankless waste and wild abuse destroy . But above all , reflect , how cheap soe'er Those rights , that millions envy thee , appear , And , though resolved to risk them , and swim down The ...
... Secure the favour , and enhance the joy , That thankless waste and wild abuse destroy . But above all , reflect , how cheap soe'er Those rights , that millions envy thee , appear , And , though resolved to risk them , and swim down The ...
Page 72
... secure , Whoe'er assails thee , thy success is sure ; But if He leave thee , though the skill and power Of nations sworn to spoil thee and devour , Were all collected in thy single arm , And thou couldst laugh away the fear of harm ...
... secure , Whoe'er assails thee , thy success is sure ; But if He leave thee , though the skill and power Of nations sworn to spoil thee and devour , Were all collected in thy single arm , And thou couldst laugh away the fear of harm ...
Page 78
... secure His new - born virtues , and preserve him pure . Hope ! let the wretch , once conscious of the joy , Whom now despairing agonies destroy , Speak , for he can , and none so well as he , What treasures centre , what delights in ...
... secure His new - born virtues , and preserve him pure . Hope ! let the wretch , once conscious of the joy , Whom now despairing agonies destroy , Speak , for he can , and none so well as he , What treasures centre , what delights in ...
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