Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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Page 147
... sorrow treads on sorrow's heel , Our courage and our strength , we say , Are H 2 FORTITUDE . 147- truly heroic action. It discovered so tender, so ...
... sorrow treads on sorrow's heel , Our courage and our strength , we say , Are H 2 FORTITUDE . 147- truly heroic action. It discovered so tender, so ...
Page 231
... sorrows steal ! Like the fair moon , thy mild and genuine ray Thro ' life's long evening shall unclouded last ; While ... sorrow intervene : Be this thy task for him - for me remains A business worthy of thy noblest pains . Whene'er his ...
... sorrows steal ! Like the fair moon , thy mild and genuine ray Thro ' life's long evening shall unclouded last ; While ... sorrow intervene : Be this thy task for him - for me remains A business worthy of thy noblest pains . Whene'er his ...
Page 249
... sorrow dwell ; For sorrow , long indulg'd and slow , Is to Humanity a foe ; And grief , that makes the heart its prey , Wears sensibility away . Then comes , sweet nymph , instead of thee , The gloomy fiend Stupidity . O may that fiend ...
... sorrow dwell ; For sorrow , long indulg'd and slow , Is to Humanity a foe ; And grief , that makes the heart its prey , Wears sensibility away . Then comes , sweet nymph , instead of thee , The gloomy fiend Stupidity . O may that fiend ...
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