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How to Read and Declaim - Page 78
by Grenville Kleiser - 1779 - 428 pages
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 1-2

British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...of state, Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze, pale Cynthia fades, The bursting earth uuveils the shades: . All slow, and wan, and wrapp'd with shrouds, They rise in visionary...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...of state) Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze, pale Cynthia fades, The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All slow, and wan, and wrapp'd with shrouds, They rise in visionary...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...of state, Adorn the rich, or praise the great; Who, while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha! while I gaze, pale Cynthia fades, The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All slow, and wan, and wrapp'd with shrouds. They rise in visionary...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...of state, Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who, while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze, pale Cynthia fades, The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All slow, and wan, and wrapped with shroud;;, They rise in visionary...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...of state, Adorn the rich or praise the great ; Who, while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze, pale Cynthia fades, The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All slow, and wan, and wrapp'd with shrouds, They rise in visionary...
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Gems of sacred poetry [ed. by R. Cattermole?].

Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...of state!) Adorn the Rich, or praise the Great, Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades, The bursting earth unveils the shades; All slow, and wan, and wrapped with shrouds, They rise in visionary...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
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Instructive Extracts, Comprising Religious and Moral Instruction, Natural ...

1843 - 350 pages
...of state, Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who, while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze, pale Cynthia fades; The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All slow, and wan, and wrapt with shrouds, They rise in visionary...
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The Sacred Poets of England and America: For Three Centuries

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...of state !) Adorn the Rich, or praise the Great, Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades, The bursting earth unveils the shades ; All slow, and wan, and wrapped with shrouds, They rise in visionary...
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The Poetry and Poets of Britain: From Chaucer to Tennyson ; with ...

Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...of state, Adorn the rieh, or praise the great ; Who, while on Earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. Ha ! while I gaze, pale Cynthia fades, The bnrsting earth nnveils the shades ! All slow, and wan, and wrap'd with shronds, They rise in visionary...
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