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... vain ? O heavens ! the very same , The foftened image of my noble friend Alive , his every look , his every feature , More elegantly touch'd . Sweeter than Spring ! Thou fole furviving blossom from the root That nourish'd up my fortune ...
... vain ? O heavens ! the very same , The foftened image of my noble friend Alive , his every look , his every feature , More elegantly touch'd . Sweeter than Spring ! Thou fole furviving blossom from the root That nourish'd up my fortune ...
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... vain : Thy remedies but lull undying pain . Where shall my hope find reft ? —No mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer : No father's guardian hand my youth maintain'd , Call'd forth my virtues , or from vice restrain'd ...
... vain : Thy remedies but lull undying pain . Where shall my hope find reft ? —No mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer : No father's guardian hand my youth maintain'd , Call'd forth my virtues , or from vice restrain'd ...
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... vain , Contemns her kindred of the plain . The loathing lamb with horror hears , And wearies out her dam with pray'rs But all in vain ; mamma best knew What unexperienc'd girls fhould do ; So , to the neighb'ring meadow carry'd , A ...
... vain , Contemns her kindred of the plain . The loathing lamb with horror hears , And wearies out her dam with pray'rs But all in vain ; mamma best knew What unexperienc'd girls fhould do ; So , to the neighb'ring meadow carry'd , A ...
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... vain fhe feeks the friendly fhore ; Her fwifter folly flies before ; The circling ports against her close , And shut the wand'rer from repofe ; Till , by conflicting waves opprefs'd , Her found'ring pinnace finks to rest . C 5 Are Are ...
... vain fhe feeks the friendly fhore ; Her fwifter folly flies before ; The circling ports against her close , And shut the wand'rer from repofe ; Till , by conflicting waves opprefs'd , Her found'ring pinnace finks to rest . C 5 Are Are ...
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... vain may Death and Time fubdue , While Nature mints her race anew , And holds fome vital spark apart , Like virtue , hid in ev'ry heart ; ' Tis hence reviving warmth is feen ,. To cloathe a naked world in green . No longer barr'd by ...
... vain may Death and Time fubdue , While Nature mints her race anew , And holds fome vital spark apart , Like virtue , hid in ev'ry heart ; ' Tis hence reviving warmth is feen ,. To cloathe a naked world in green . No longer barr'd by ...
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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...