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... earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the fhades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap'd with shrouds , They rife in vifionary crouds , And all with ...
... earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the fhades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap'd with shrouds , They rife in vifionary crouds , And all with ...
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... earth , and in the body plac'd , A few , and evil years , they waste : But , when their chains are caft afide , See the glad fcene unfolding wide , Clap the glad wing , and tow'r away , And mingle with the blaze of day . A FAIRY FAIRY A ...
... earth , and in the body plac'd , A few , and evil years , they waste : But , when their chains are caft afide , See the glad fcene unfolding wide , Clap the glad wing , and tow'r away , And mingle with the blaze of day . A FAIRY FAIRY A ...
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... earth , and ambient air , With varying elements enda'd , Was form'd to 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 ...
... earth , and ambient air , With varying elements enda'd , Was form'd to 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 ...
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... earth ; White was the robe this infant wore , And Chastity the name fhe bore . As now the maid in ftature grew , ( A flow'r juft op'ning to the view ) Oft thro ' her native lawns fhe ftray'd , And , wrestling with the lambkins , play'd ...
... earth ; White was the robe this infant wore , And Chastity the name fhe bore . As now the maid in ftature grew , ( A flow'r juft op'ning to the view ) Oft thro ' her native lawns fhe ftray'd , And , wrestling with the lambkins , play'd ...
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... earth they rife , And gain , and gain upon the skies . Narrow's the way her children tread , No walk for pleasure fmoothly spread , But rough , and difficult , and steep , Painful to climb , and hard to keep . Fruits immature thofe ...
... earth they rife , And gain , and gain upon the skies . Narrow's the way her children tread , No walk for pleasure fmoothly spread , But rough , and difficult , and steep , Painful to climb , and hard to keep . Fruits immature thofe ...
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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...