Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue : and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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... steps and flow , " Where wilds , immeafurably fpread , Seem length'ning as I go . ” « Forbear , my fon , " the Hermit cries , To tempt the dangerous gloom ; " For yonder faithlefs phantom flies " To lure thee to thy door . " Here , to ...
... steps and flow , " Where wilds , immeafurably fpread , Seem length'ning as I go . ” « Forbear , my fon , " the Hermit cries , To tempt the dangerous gloom ; " For yonder faithlefs phantom flies " To lure thee to thy door . " Here , to ...
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... every found . XXII . Alone , appall'd , thus had she pass'd The vifionary vale When , lo ! the death - bell fmote her ear , Sad founding in the gale ! XXIII . Juft then the reach'd , with trembling step 30 SELECT POEMS .
... every found . XXII . Alone , appall'd , thus had she pass'd The vifionary vale When , lo ! the death - bell fmote her ear , Sad founding in the gale ! XXIII . Juft then the reach'd , with trembling step 30 SELECT POEMS .
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... step , Her aged mother's door- He's gone , the cry'd ! and I fhall fee That angel face no more ! XXIV . I feel , I feel this breaking heart Beat high against my fide- From her white arm down funk her head- She , fiv'ring - figh'd and ...
... step , Her aged mother's door- He's gone , the cry'd ! and I fhall fee That angel face no more ! XXIV . I feel , I feel this breaking heart Beat high against my fide- From her white arm down funk her head- She , fiv'ring - figh'd and ...
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... paternal voice unfold This cloister'd scene in all its horror dreft ; Nor did the then my trembling steps with - hold , When here I entered a reluctant guest . Ah ! could fhe view her only child betray'd , 36 SELECT POEMS .
... paternal voice unfold This cloister'd scene in all its horror dreft ; Nor did the then my trembling steps with - hold , When here I entered a reluctant guest . Ah ! could fhe view her only child betray'd , 36 SELECT POEMS .
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... steps attend ; Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Juftice , to herself fevere , And Pity , dropping foft the fadly - pleafing tear . Oh , gently on thy fuppliant's head , Dread Goddefs , lay thy chaft'ning hand ! Not in thy Gorgon ...
... steps attend ; Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Juftice , to herself fevere , And Pity , dropping foft the fadly - pleafing tear . Oh , gently on thy fuppliant's head , Dread Goddefs , lay thy chaft'ning hand ! Not in thy Gorgon ...
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æther beauty beneath beſtow bids bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms cheek clouds DAVID GARRICK defcends deſpair e'er earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing flame fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic muſt Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride refign'd reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe whoſe wings youth