The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors |
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Page 14
... . O let them ne'er , with artificial note , To please a tyrant strain their little bill , But sing what Heaven inspires , and wander where they will . Liberal , not lavish , is kind Nature's hand ; 14 THE MINSTREL ..
... . O let them ne'er , with artificial note , To please a tyrant strain their little bill , But sing what Heaven inspires , and wander where they will . Liberal , not lavish , is kind Nature's hand ; 14 THE MINSTREL ..
Page 19
... Tyrant far less , or traitor of the field ; And sure the sylvan reign unbloody joy might yield . Lo ! where the stripling , wrapt in wonder , roves Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine ; And sees , on high , amidst the encircling ...
... Tyrant far less , or traitor of the field ; And sure the sylvan reign unbloody joy might yield . Lo ! where the stripling , wrapt in wonder , roves Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine ; And sees , on high , amidst the encircling ...
Page 45
... tyrant blood , o'er many a region wide , " Rolls to a thousand thrones its execrable tide . " O who of man the story will unfold , " Ere victory and empire wrought annoy , " In that Elysian age , ( misnam'd of gold , ) " The age of love ...
... tyrant blood , o'er many a region wide , " Rolls to a thousand thrones its execrable tide . " O who of man the story will unfold , " Ere victory and empire wrought annoy , " In that Elysian age , ( misnam'd of gold , ) " The age of love ...
Page 47
... tyrants , when she wings her flight " To hail the patriot Prince , whose pious toils " Sacred to science , liberty , and right , " And peace , through every age divinely bright " Shall shine the boast and wonder of mankind : " Sees ...
... tyrants , when she wings her flight " To hail the patriot Prince , whose pious toils " Sacred to science , liberty , and right , " And peace , through every age divinely bright " Shall shine the boast and wonder of mankind : " Sees ...
Page 51
... tyrants scourge , or demagogues embroil " A land , or when the rabble's headlong rage " Order transforms to anarchy and spoil , " Deep - vers'd in man , the philosophic Sage " Prepares with lenient hand their frenzy to assuage . " " Tis ...
... tyrants scourge , or demagogues embroil " A land , or when the rabble's headlong rage " Order transforms to anarchy and spoil , " Deep - vers'd in man , the philosophic Sage " Prepares with lenient hand their frenzy to assuage . " " Tis ...
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