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... fall ' athwart thy weeds , Long palls , drawn herfes , cover'd steeds , And plumes of black , that , as they tread , Nod o'er the ' fcutcheons of the dead ? Nor can the parted body know , Nor wants the foul , these forms of woe : As men ...
... fall ' athwart thy weeds , Long palls , drawn herfes , cover'd steeds , And plumes of black , that , as they tread , Nod o'er the ' fcutcheons of the dead ? Nor can the parted body know , Nor wants the foul , these forms of woe : As men ...
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... falls to floor ; Forlorn his ftate , and dark the place , Was never wight in fuch a cafe Thro ' all the land before . But , foon as dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and ...
... falls to floor ; Forlorn his ftate , and dark the place , Was never wight in fuch a cafe Thro ' all the land before . But , foon as dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and ...
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... fall Yet thou repeat'ft , and multiply'ft ' em all ! Is chance a guilt , that my difaftrous heart , For mischief never meant , must ever fmart ? Can felf - defence be fin ? -Ah , plead no more ! What tho ' no purpos'd malice stain'd ...
... fall Yet thou repeat'ft , and multiply'ft ' em all ! Is chance a guilt , that my difaftrous heart , For mischief never meant , must ever fmart ? Can felf - defence be fin ? -Ah , plead no more ! What tho ' no purpos'd malice stain'd ...
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... fall ; And I , perchance , in him , have murder'd all . O fate of late repentance ! always vain : Thy remedies but lull undying pain . Where shall my hope find reft ? —No mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer : No ...
... fall ; And I , perchance , in him , have murder'd all . O fate of late repentance ! always vain : Thy remedies but lull undying pain . Where shall my hope find reft ? —No mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer : No ...
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... fall , and rife renew'd . The ftars no fix'd duration know , Wide oceans ebb , again to flow , The moon repletes her waining face , All - beauteous , from her late difgrace , And funs , that mourn approaching night , Refulgent rife with ...
... fall , and rife renew'd . The ftars no fix'd duration know , Wide oceans ebb , again to flow , The moon repletes her waining face , All - beauteous , from her late difgrace , And funs , that mourn approaching night , Refulgent rife with ...
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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...