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And busy thoughts and little cares avail To ease the mind , when rest and reason fail . When the dull thought , by no designs employ'd , Dwells on the past , or suffer'd or enjoy'd , We bleed anew in every former grief , And joys ...
And busy thoughts and little cares avail To ease the mind , when rest and reason fail . When the dull thought , by no designs employ'd , Dwells on the past , or suffer'd or enjoy'd , We bleed anew in every former grief , And joys ...
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Delightful prospect ! when we leave behind A worthy offspring of the fruitful mind ! Which , born and nursed through many an anxious day , Shall all our labour , all our care repay . Yet all are not these births of noble kind , Not all ...
Delightful prospect ! when we leave behind A worthy offspring of the fruitful mind ! Which , born and nursed through many an anxious day , Shall all our labour , all our care repay . Yet all are not these births of noble kind , Not all ...
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6 Hard is his fate who builds his peace of mind “ On the precarious mercy of mankind ; “ Who hopes for wild and visionary things , " And mounts o'er unknown seas with vent'rous wings : “ But as , of various evils that befal - The human ...
6 Hard is his fate who builds his peace of mind “ On the precarious mercy of mankind ; “ Who hopes for wild and visionary things , " And mounts o'er unknown seas with vent'rous wings : “ But as , of various evils that befal - The human ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 2 The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, George Crabbe |
| Author | George Crabbe |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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