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... Arms , angels , epitaphs , and bones , Thefe , all the poor remains of ftate , Adorn the rich , or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades ...
... Arms , angels , epitaphs , and bones , Thefe , all the poor remains of ftate , Adorn the rich , or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades ...
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... arms not , and whom woes betray ; But now , expos'd , and shrinking from distress , I fly to fhelter , while the tempefts prefs ; My mufe to grief refigns the varying tone , The raptures languish , and the numbers groan . O Memory ...
... arms not , and whom woes betray ; But now , expos'd , and shrinking from distress , I fly to fhelter , while the tempefts prefs ; My mufe to grief refigns the varying tone , The raptures languish , and the numbers groan . O Memory ...
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... arm , First to advance , then screen from future harm ? I am return'd from death , to live in pain ! Or wou'd Imperial Pity fave in vain ? Diftruft it not - What blame can Mercy find , Which gives , at once , a life , and rears a mind ...
... arm , First to advance , then screen from future harm ? I am return'd from death , to live in pain ! Or wou'd Imperial Pity fave in vain ? Diftruft it not - What blame can Mercy find , Which gives , at once , a life , and rears a mind ...
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... 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 thy prefence fly . Thus , Thus , arm'd with words of potent found , Like ENGLISH POES Y. 39.
... 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 thy prefence fly . Thus , Thus , arm'd with words of potent found , Like ENGLISH POES Y. 39.
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Oliver Goldsmith. Thus , arm'd with words of potent found , Like guardian - angels plac'd around , A charm , by truth divinely cast , Forward our young advent'rer pass'd . Forth from her facred eye - lids fent , Like morn , fore ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Thus , arm'd with words of potent found , Like guardian - angels plac'd around , A charm , by truth divinely cast , Forward our young advent'rer pass'd . Forth from her facred eye - lids fent , Like morn , fore ...
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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...