The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper, 1872 |
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... souls to union lead ; No dry discussion to unfold The meaning caught ere well ' tis told . In taste , in learning ... soul ! Blush , heroes , at your cheap renown , A vanquish'd realm , a plunder'd town ! Your conquests were to gain a ...
... souls to union lead ; No dry discussion to unfold The meaning caught ere well ' tis told . In taste , in learning ... soul ! Blush , heroes , at your cheap renown , A vanquish'd realm , a plunder'd town ! Your conquests were to gain a ...
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... soul's most dire enchanter . The active fires that stir the breast , Her poppies charm to fatal rest , They rule in short and quick succession , But SLOTH keeps one long , fast possession ; Ambition's reign is quickly clos'd , Th ...
... soul's most dire enchanter . The active fires that stir the breast , Her poppies charm to fatal rest , They rule in short and quick succession , But SLOTH keeps one long , fast possession ; Ambition's reign is quickly clos'd , Th ...
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... soul possess'd The master passion of his breast ; It was not one of those frail joys , Which , by possession , quickly cloys This bliss was solid , constant , true , ' Twas action , and ' twas passion too For tho ' the business might be ...
... soul possess'd The master passion of his breast ; It was not one of those frail joys , Which , by possession , quickly cloys This bliss was solid , constant , true , ' Twas action , and ' twas passion too For tho ' the business might be ...
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... soul dissolves ; The tow'rs once lost , his view he bends , Where the receding smoko ascends ; But when nor smoke , nor tow'rs arise , To charm his heart or cheat his eyes ; When once he got entirely clear From this enfeebling ...
... soul dissolves ; The tow'rs once lost , his view he bends , Where the receding smoko ascends ; But when nor smoke , nor tow'rs arise , To charm his heart or cheat his eyes ; When once he got entirely clear From this enfeebling ...
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... soul ; A sense of worth , a conscience of desert , A high , unbroken haughtiness of heart ; That self - same stuff which erst proud empires sway'd , [ made . Of which the conquerors of the world were Capricious fate of men ! that very ...
... soul ; A sense of worth , a conscience of desert , A high , unbroken haughtiness of heart ; That self - same stuff which erst proud empires sway'd , [ made . Of which the conquerors of the world were Capricious fate of men ! that very ...
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