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Page 26
... sorrows have well nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world . And what remains Of this tempestuous state of human things , Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm , that rocks itself to rest . For He ...
... sorrows have well nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world . And what remains Of this tempestuous state of human things , Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm , that rocks itself to rest . For He ...
Page 65
... the lonely vale of days ! A pang to secret sorrow dear ; A sigh ; an unavailing tear ; Till time shall ev'ry grief remove , With life , with mem'ry , and with love . CHARITY . BY PRIOR . DID sweeter sounds adorn my G 3 SELECT POEMS . 65.
... the lonely vale of days ! A pang to secret sorrow dear ; A sigh ; an unavailing tear ; Till time shall ev'ry grief remove , With life , with mem'ry , and with love . CHARITY . BY PRIOR . DID sweeter sounds adorn my G 3 SELECT POEMS . 65.
Page 93
... sorrow steals . In vain through beauty , fortune , wit , The fugitive we trace : It dwells not in the faithless smile That brightens Clodia's face . Perhaps the joy to these deny'd , The heart in friendship finds ; Ah ! dear delusion ...
... sorrow steals . In vain through beauty , fortune , wit , The fugitive we trace : It dwells not in the faithless smile That brightens Clodia's face . Perhaps the joy to these deny'd , The heart in friendship finds ; Ah ! dear delusion ...
Page 101
... sorrow and to shame ; for thou must weep With Lacedæmon , muşt with her sustain The painful portion of oppression's weight . Thy sons behold now worthy of their names , And Spartan birth . Their growing bloom mus pine In shame and ...
... sorrow and to shame ; for thou must weep With Lacedæmon , muşt with her sustain The painful portion of oppression's weight . Thy sons behold now worthy of their names , And Spartan birth . Their growing bloom mus pine In shame and ...
Page 102
... sorrow . Great in woe , Amid his children , who enclose him round , He stands indulging tenderness and love In graceful tears : when thus , with lifted eyes , Address'd to Heav'n : -Thou everliving Pow'r Look down propitious , Sire of ...
... sorrow . Great in woe , Amid his children , who enclose him round , He stands indulging tenderness and love In graceful tears : when thus , with lifted eyes , Address'd to Heav'n : -Thou everliving Pow'r Look down propitious , Sire of ...
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