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... less , not shew it more . But He , whom longer Time had learn'd the Art T'endure Affliction , as a usual Touch , Strains forth his Words , and throws Dismay apart , To raise up her , whose Passions now were such As quite oppress'd her ...
... less , not shew it more . But He , whom longer Time had learn'd the Art T'endure Affliction , as a usual Touch , Strains forth his Words , and throws Dismay apart , To raise up her , whose Passions now were such As quite oppress'd her ...
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... from out thee go , And all the fools that crowd thee so , Even thou , who dost thy millions boast , A village less than Islington wilt grow , A solitude almost . H. Corbould . MILTON . C.Heath . " As yet COWLEY . 35 35.
... from out thee go , And all the fools that crowd thee so , Even thou , who dost thy millions boast , A village less than Islington wilt grow , A solitude almost . H. Corbould . MILTON . C.Heath . " As yet COWLEY . 35 35.
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... less In freedom equal : or can introduce Law and edict on us , who without law Err not ? much less for this to be our Lord , And look for adoration , to the abuse Of those imperial titles , which assert Our being ordain'd to govern ...
... less In freedom equal : or can introduce Law and edict on us , who without law Err not ? much less for this to be our Lord , And look for adoration , to the abuse Of those imperial titles , which assert Our being ordain'd to govern ...
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... less , bent rather to exalt Our happy state , under one head more near United . But to grant it thee unjust , That equal over equals monarch reign : Thyself , though great and glorious , dost thou count , Or all angelic nature join'd in ...
... less , bent rather to exalt Our happy state , under one head more near United . But to grant it thee unjust , That equal over equals monarch reign : Thyself , though great and glorious , dost thou count , Or all angelic nature join'd in ...
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... less for that , The flaming seraph , fearless , though alone , Encompass'd round with foes , thus answer'd bold . " O alienate from God , O spirit accursed , Forsaken of all good ; I see thy fall Determined , and thy hapless crew ...
... less for that , The flaming seraph , fearless , though alone , Encompass'd round with foes , thus answer'd bold . " O alienate from God , O spirit accursed , Forsaken of all good ; I see thy fall Determined , and thy hapless crew ...
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Page 364 - Oh, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, That stream'd thro...
Page 215 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 114 - The world recedes: it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy Victory? O Death! where is thy Sting.
Page 229 - And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits him there? To see profusion that he must not share; To see ten thousand baneful arts combined To pamper luxury and thin mankind...
Page 361 - But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek; Wi...
Page 214 - Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 223 - How often have I bless'd the coming day When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 120 - Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent; Breathes in our soul, informs...
Page 363 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 206 - WHEN Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung, The Passions oft, to hear her shell, Throng'd around her magic cell...