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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... skies . ov I T dion buA But when the gloomy reign of Night returns , Stript of her fading pride , all Nature mourns The trees no more their wonted verdure boast , But weep , in dewy tears , their beauty loft : No diftant landscapes draw ...
... skies . ov I T dion buA But when the gloomy reign of Night returns , Stript of her fading pride , all Nature mourns The trees no more their wonted verdure boast , But weep , in dewy tears , their beauty loft : No diftant landscapes draw ...
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... skies no radiant feraph finiles No faint defcends to footh my foul to reft , No dream of blifs the dreary night beguiles . Here haggard Difcontent ftill haunts my view ; The fombre Genius reigns in ev'ry place ; Arrays each virtue in ...
... skies no radiant feraph finiles No faint defcends to footh my foul to reft , No dream of blifs the dreary night beguiles . Here haggard Difcontent ftill haunts my view ; The fombre Genius reigns in ev'ry place ; Arrays each virtue in ...
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... skies ? The charming plant , here nurs'd with tender care , By death tranfplanted , yields its produce there . This thought alone can the good man sustain , And give him eafe in poverty and pain . Who will not calmly bear ftern ...
... skies ? The charming plant , here nurs'd with tender care , By death tranfplanted , yields its produce there . This thought alone can the good man sustain , And give him eafe in poverty and pain . Who will not calmly bear ftern ...
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... skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers : Prepare the way ! a God , a God / appears ! A God ! a God ! the vocal hills reply ; The rocks proclaim th ' approaching Deity . Lo , earth receives him from the bending skies ! Sink ...
... skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers : Prepare the way ! a God , a God / appears ! A God ! a God ! the vocal hills reply ; The rocks proclaim th ' approaching Deity . Lo , earth receives him from the bending skies ! Sink ...
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... skies in fmoke decay , aÐ Rocks fall toiduft , and mountains melt away But fix'd his word , his faving power remains ! Thy realm for ever lafts , thy own Meffiahr reigns ! MA AN INQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS . OCA BY MISS CARTER . THE ...
... skies in fmoke decay , aÐ Rocks fall toiduft , and mountains melt away But fix'd his word , his faving power remains ! Thy realm for ever lafts , thy own Meffiahr reigns ! MA AN INQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS . OCA BY MISS CARTER . THE ...
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æther beauty beft bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaft breath bright charms cheek clouds Corydon DAVID GARRICK defcends diftant e'er earth Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing firft fkies fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove happineſs heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lute lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions Palemon peace Philomel pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride raife reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſtars ſtate ſtill tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe Whoſe wings youth