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... blifs ! [ pure ; § 2. Another Address to the Deity . YOUNG . THOU great arbiter of life and death ! Nature's immortal , immaterial fun ! Whofe all - prolific beam late call'd me forth From darknefs , teeming darkness , where I lay The ...
... blifs ! [ pure ; § 2. Another Address to the Deity . YOUNG . THOU great arbiter of life and death ! Nature's immortal , immaterial fun ! Whofe all - prolific beam late call'd me forth From darknefs , teeming darkness , where I lay The ...
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... blifs Has made my cup run o'er , And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store . Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ , Nor is the leaft a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts with joy . Through ...
... blifs Has made my cup run o'er , And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store . Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ , Nor is the leaft a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts with joy . Through ...
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... blifs o'erflows , And ftill is pregnant , tho ' fhe ftill bestows . Here verdant paftures wide extended lie , And yield the grazing herd exuberant fupply . Luxuriant waving in the wanton air , Here golden grain rewards the peasant's ...
... blifs o'erflows , And ftill is pregnant , tho ' fhe ftill bestows . Here verdant paftures wide extended lie , And yield the grazing herd exuberant fupply . Luxuriant waving in the wanton air , Here golden grain rewards the peasant's ...
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... blifs I lye , And sweetly fing of fenfe - delighting flames , And nymphs and thepherds , foft invented names ; Or view the branches which around me twine , And praise their fruit , diffufing fprightly wine ; Or find new pleafures in the ...
... blifs I lye , And sweetly fing of fenfe - delighting flames , And nymphs and thepherds , foft invented names ; Or view the branches which around me twine , And praise their fruit , diffufing fprightly wine ; Or find new pleafures in the ...
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... blifs retreat ? [ heat ? This world's got in , the thoughts of t'other's And the gay picture's in my fancy loft . [ croft , With what an cager zeal the confcious foul Would claim its feat , and , foaring , pafs the pole But our attempts ...
... blifs retreat ? [ heat ? This world's got in , the thoughts of t'other's And the gay picture's in my fancy loft . [ croft , With what an cager zeal the confcious foul Would claim its feat , and , foaring , pafs the pole But our attempts ...
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beft behold blefs bleft blifs breaft breath caufe charms death defire divine earth erft eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcene fear fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhould fide figh fight filent fing fire firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foft fome fong fons fool foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream fuch fure fweet fwell glory grace hand heart Heaven himſelf juft kings laft lefs loft Lord mind moft Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pain peace plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride purfue rage reafon reft reign rife rofe ſhall ſkies ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thoufand thought thro toil trembling vex'd virtue whofe wife worfe youth