Complete Poetical Works, Volume 3H. Milford, 1913 - 554 pages |
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... the Thames , the purest stream ' . ' How blest the youth whom Fate ordains ' 275 276 Ode on the marriage of a friend 276 On her endeavouring to conceal her grief at parting 277 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS ( cont . ) PAGE ' Bid adieu À 3 [ ix ]
... the Thames , the purest stream ' . ' How blest the youth whom Fate ordains ' 275 276 Ode on the marriage of a friend 276 On her endeavouring to conceal her grief at parting 277 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS ( cont . ) PAGE ' Bid adieu À 3 [ ix ]
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... Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! 51 60 70 80 A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer , and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The worth of his three ...
... Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! 51 60 70 80 A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer , and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The worth of his three ...
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... blest above , Heav'n's harmony is universal love ; 80 And earthly sounds , though sweet and well combin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdu'd behind . Grey dawn appears ; the sportsman and his ...
... blest above , Heav'n's harmony is universal love ; 80 And earthly sounds , though sweet and well combin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdu'd behind . Grey dawn appears ; the sportsman and his ...
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... have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and bus'ness both it should exclude , And bar 20 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR.
... have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and bus'ness both it should exclude , And bar 20 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR.
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... blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told : And ...
... blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told : And ...
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