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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... bestow ! But blifs too mighty long to last , Where fortune proves a foe .. IX . His fifter , who , like Envy form'd , Like her in mischief joy'd , To work them harm , with wicked skill , Each darker art employ'd . X. The father , too ...
... bestow ! But blifs too mighty long to last , Where fortune proves a foe .. IX . His fifter , who , like Envy form'd , Like her in mischief joy'd , To work them harm , with wicked skill , Each darker art employ'd . X. The father , too ...
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... bestow'd or not , And let thy will be done . To thee , whofe temple is all space , Whofe altar , earth , fea , skies ! One chorus let all beings raife ! All Nature's incenfe rife ! THE PROVIDENCE . AN HYMN . BY ADDISON . HE Lord my ...
... bestow'd or not , And let thy will be done . To thee , whofe temple is all space , Whofe altar , earth , fea , skies ! One chorus let all beings raife ! All Nature's incenfe rife ! THE PROVIDENCE . AN HYMN . BY ADDISON . HE Lord my ...
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... in pray'r . Unnumber'd comforts to my foul Thy tender care bestow'd , Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whom thofe comforts flow'd . When in the flipp'ry paths of youth With heedlefs steps 78 SELECT POEMS . Gratitude, Ibid.
... in pray'r . Unnumber'd comforts to my foul Thy tender care bestow'd , Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whom thofe comforts flow'd . When in the flipp'ry paths of youth With heedlefs steps 78 SELECT POEMS . Gratitude, Ibid.
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... jewel lies ; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow , From our own felves our joys must flow , And that dear hut , our home . IV . Of reft was Noah's dove bereft , When $ 4 SELECT POEMS . The Fire Side, Cotton.
... jewel lies ; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow , From our own felves our joys must flow , And that dear hut , our home . IV . Of reft was Noah's dove bereft , When $ 4 SELECT POEMS . The Fire Side, Cotton.
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... bestow ; My fountains all border'd with mols , Where the hare - bells and violets grow . Not a pine in my grove is there feen , But with tendrils of woodbine is bound : Not a beach's more beautiful green , But with fweet - briar ...
... bestow ; My fountains all border'd with mols , Where the hare - bells and violets grow . Not a pine in my grove is there feen , But with tendrils of woodbine is bound : Not a beach's more beautiful green , But with fweet - briar ...
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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