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Page 96
... shouted o'er the rising ball : O hou , whose word from solid Darkness struck That spark , the fun , strike wisdom from my soul ; My soul , which flies to thee , her trust , her treasure As misers to their gold , while others reft .
... shouted o'er the rising ball : O hou , whose word from solid Darkness struck That spark , the fun , strike wisdom from my soul ; My soul , which flies to thee , her trust , her treasure As misers to their gold , while others reft .
Page 98
... all things rise in proof : While o'er my limbs Sleep's soft dominion spread , What tho ' my soul phantastic measures trod O'er fairy fields ; or mourni'd along the gloom Of pathless woods , or down the craggy steep Hurld headlong ...
... all things rise in proof : While o'er my limbs Sleep's soft dominion spread , What tho ' my soul phantastic measures trod O'er fairy fields ; or mourni'd along the gloom Of pathless woods , or down the craggy steep Hurld headlong ...
Page 116
... such by Heav'n design'd ; He that has none , must make them , or be wretched Cares are employments ; and , without employ , The soul is on the rack ; the rack of rest , To souls most adverse , action all their joy .
... such by Heav'n design'd ; He that has none , must make them , or be wretched Cares are employments ; and , without employ , The soul is on the rack ; the rack of rest , To souls most adverse , action all their joy .
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Collin and Lucy a Ballad | 84 |
On the Death of the Lord Protector | 91 |
Satire | 135 |
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Alma beauty beſt born breaſt cauſe charms dead dear death delight Dick divine earth ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fancy fate fear fire firſt folly fool give grace grave ground half hand head heart Heav'n hope hour human juſt kind knew laſt leave light live look maid mind moſt muſe muſt nature ne'er never night nymph o'er once pain paſſion peace plain play pleaſe pleaſure poets poor pow'r praiſe pride Reaſon reſt riſe ſaid ſay ſcene ſee ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmile ſome ſoul ſtand ſtill ſuch ſweet taught tell thee theſe things thoſe thou thought thro true turn uſe vain virtue whoſe wife wiſdom wiſe youth
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| Title | The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2 The Beauties of English Poesy, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Editor | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | James Williams, 1771 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2006 |
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