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... Should his heart own a gleaner in the field : And thus , in fecret , to his foul he figh'd . " What pity ! that so delicate a form , By beauty kindled , where enlivening fenfe And more than vulgar goodness feem to dwell , Should be ...
... Should his heart own a gleaner in the field : And thus , in fecret , to his foul he figh'd . " What pity ! that so delicate a form , By beauty kindled , where enlivening fenfe And more than vulgar goodness feem to dwell , Should be ...
Page 29
... Should fanctify the daughter's choice ; In that , is due obedience fhewn ; To choose , belongs to her alone . May horror feize his midnight hour , Who builds upon a parent's pow'r , And claims , by purchase vile and bafe , The loathing ...
... Should fanctify the daughter's choice ; In that , is due obedience fhewn ; To choose , belongs to her alone . May horror feize his midnight hour , Who builds upon a parent's pow'r , And claims , by purchase vile and bafe , The loathing ...
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... should fhe do ? Attempt , once more , To gain the late - deferted shore ; So trusting , back the mourner flew , As faft the train of fiends pursue . Again the farther fhore's attain'd , Again the land of virtue gain'd ; But Echo gathers ...
... should fhe do ? Attempt , once more , To gain the late - deferted shore ; So trusting , back the mourner flew , As faft the train of fiends pursue . Again the farther fhore's attain'd , Again the land of virtue gain'd ; But Echo gathers ...
Page 47
... should mortality furvey , As doom'd upon a certain day , The breath of Frailty must expire , The world diffolve in living fire , The gems of Heav'n , and folar flame , Be quench'd by her eternal beam , And Nature , quick'ning in her eye ...
... should mortality furvey , As doom'd upon a certain day , The breath of Frailty must expire , The world diffolve in living fire , The gems of Heav'n , and folar flame , Be quench'd by her eternal beam , And Nature , quick'ning in her eye ...
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... should spoil it In fhort , the trade was ftill the fame ; The dame went out ; the Col'nel came . in 21 What's to be done ? poor Carvel cry'd § Another batt'ry must be try'd : What if to spells I had recourfe ? " Tis but to hinder ...
... should spoil it In fhort , the trade was ftill the fame ; The dame went out ; the Col'nel came . in 21 What's to be done ? poor Carvel cry'd § Another batt'ry must be try'd : What if to spells I had recourfe ? " Tis but to hinder ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...