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... Heav'n befriended thy unhappy fide , Thou had❜ft not been provok'd - or Thou had'ft dy'd , Far be the guilt of homeshed blood from all , On whom , unfought , embroiling dangers fall ! Still the pale Dead revives , and lives to me , To ...
... Heav'n befriended thy unhappy fide , Thou had❜ft not been provok'd - or Thou had'ft dy'd , Far be the guilt of homeshed blood from all , On whom , unfought , embroiling dangers fall ! Still the pale Dead revives , and lives to me , To ...
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... Heav'n , to gratulate her birth , Gave figns of future joy to earth ; White was the robe this infant wore , And Chastity the name fhe bore . As now the maid in ftature grew , ( A flow'r juft op'ning to the view ) Oft thro ' her native ...
... Heav'n , to gratulate her birth , Gave figns of future joy to earth ; White was the robe this infant wore , And Chastity the name fhe bore . As now the maid in ftature grew , ( A flow'r juft op'ning to the view ) Oft thro ' her native ...
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... Heav'n ; For trivial lofs , unmeafur'd gain , And endless blifs , for tranfient pain . Then fear , ah ! fear to turn thy fight Where yonder flow'ry fields invite ; Wide on the left the path - way bends , And with pernicious eafe ...
... Heav'n ; For trivial lofs , unmeafur'd gain , And endless blifs , for tranfient pain . Then fear , ah ! fear to turn thy fight Where yonder flow'ry fields invite ; Wide on the left the path - way bends , And with pernicious eafe ...
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... heav'n - appointed way , For thee , loft maid , for thee alone , Nor pray'rs fhall plead , nor tears atone ; Reproach , fcorn , infamy , and hate , On thy returning steps fhall wait ; Thy form be loath'd by ev'ry eye , And ev'ry foot ...
... heav'n - appointed way , For thee , loft maid , for thee alone , Nor pray'rs fhall plead , nor tears atone ; Reproach , fcorn , infamy , and hate , On thy returning steps fhall wait ; Thy form be loath'd by ev'ry eye , And ev'ry foot ...
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... heav'n - compounded Dame , If matter , fure the moft refin'd , High wrought , and temper'd into mind , Some darling daughter of the day , And body'd by her native ray . Where - e'er fhe paffes , thousands bend , And thousands , where ...
... heav'n - compounded Dame , If matter , fure the moft refin'd , High wrought , and temper'd into mind , Some darling daughter of the day , And body'd by her native ray . Where - e'er fhe paffes , thousands bend , And thousands , where ...
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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...