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How silent did his old companions tread , By midnight lamps , the manfions of the dead , Thro ' breathing statues , then unheeded things , Thro ' rows of warriors , and thro ' walks of kings ! E 4 What ܪ 1 What awe did the slow solemn ...
How silent did his old companions tread , By midnight lamps , the manfions of the dead , Thro ' breathing statues , then unheeded things , Thro ' rows of warriors , and thro ' walks of kings ! E 4 What ܪ 1 What awe did the slow solemn ...
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Thro the dark postern of time long elaps'd , Led softly , by the stillness of the night , Led , like a murderer ( and such it proves ! ) Strays ( wretched rover ! ) o'er the pleasing past ; In quest of wretchedness perversely ftrays ...
Thro the dark postern of time long elaps'd , Led softly , by the stillness of the night , Led , like a murderer ( and such it proves ! ) Strays ( wretched rover ! ) o'er the pleasing past ; In quest of wretchedness perversely ftrays ...
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Where are thoie horrors , that amazeinent , where , This hideous group of ills , which singly shock , Demand from man ? --- I thought him man till now . Thro ' Nature's wreck , thro ' vanquisht agonies , ( Like the stars struggling thro ...
Where are thoie horrors , that amazeinent , where , This hideous group of ills , which singly shock , Demand from man ? --- I thought him man till now . Thro ' Nature's wreck , thro ' vanquisht agonies , ( Like the stars struggling thro ...
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Contents
Collin and Lucy a Ballad | 84 |
On the Death of the Lord Protector | 91 |
Satire | 135 |
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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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