Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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Page 192
... o'er and o'er , Love , Gratitude , and Pity , wept at once . Confus'd , and frightened at his sudden tears , Her rising beauties flush'd a higher bloom , As thus Palemon , passionate , and just , Pour'd out the pious rapture of his soul ...
... o'er and o'er , Love , Gratitude , and Pity , wept at once . Confus'd , and frightened at his sudden tears , Her rising beauties flush'd a higher bloom , As thus Palemon , passionate , and just , Pour'd out the pious rapture of his soul ...
Page 251
... o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd and forgot its power to save , O for that sympathetic glow Which taught the holy tear to flow ! It comes : it fills my labouring breast ; I feel my beating heart opprest . Oh ! hear that lonely widow's ...
... o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd and forgot its power to save , O for that sympathetic glow Which taught the holy tear to flow ! It comes : it fills my labouring breast ; I feel my beating heart opprest . Oh ! hear that lonely widow's ...
Page 307
... o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic dove . Ye heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly show'r ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter ...
... o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic dove . Ye heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly show'r ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter ...
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