Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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... pleas'd with Nature , must be pleas'd with thee . Now I might tell , how silence reign'd throughout , And deep attention hush'd the rabble rout : How ev'ry claimant , tortur'd with desire , Was pale as ashes , or as red as fire : But ...
... pleas'd with Nature , must be pleas'd with thee . Now I might tell , how silence reign'd throughout , And deep attention hush'd the rabble rout : How ev'ry claimant , tortur'd with desire , Was pale as ashes , or as red as fire : But ...
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... pleas'd him , and their cares distrest : To them his heart , his love , his griefs , were giv'n , But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heav'n . As some tall cliff , that lifts its awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway ...
... pleas'd him , and their cares distrest : To them his heart , his love , his griefs , were giv'n , But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heav'n . As some tall cliff , that lifts its awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway ...
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... pleas'd With melting airs or martial , brisk or grave ; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us , and the heart replies . How soft the music of those village bells , Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet ...
... pleas'd With melting airs or martial , brisk or grave ; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us , and the heart replies . How soft the music of those village bells , Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet ...
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