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Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead , With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow , And loose from dross the silver runs below . Long had our pious friend in virtue trod , But now the ...
Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead , With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow , And loose from dross the silver runs below . Long had our pious friend in virtue trod , But now the ...
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| Title | Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 3 Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, John Aikin |
| Editor | John Aikin |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Length | 807 pages |
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