English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore H. Holt, 1935 - 942 pages |
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... Thine is the woodland dumb retreat ; But chief , when ev'ning scenes decay , And the faint landskip swims away , Thine is the doubtful soft decline , And that best hour of musing thine . Descending angels bless thy train , The virtues ...
... Thine is the woodland dumb retreat ; But chief , when ev'ning scenes decay , And the faint landskip swims away , Thine is the doubtful soft decline , And that best hour of musing thine . Descending angels bless thy train , The virtues ...
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... thine , sweet Auburn , thine , the loveliest train , Do thy fair tribes participate her pain ? Ev'n now , perhaps , by cold and hunger led , At proud men's doors they ask a little bread ! Ah , no ! To distant climes , a dreary scene ...
... thine , sweet Auburn , thine , the loveliest train , Do thy fair tribes participate her pain ? Ev'n now , perhaps , by cold and hunger led , At proud men's doors they ask a little bread ! Ah , no ! To distant climes , a dreary scene ...
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... thine ear . Forlorn , in this bleak wilderness below , 255 Ah ! what were man , should Heaven refuse to hear ! To others do ( the law is not severe ) What to thyself thou wishest to be done . Forgive thy foes ; and love thy parents dear ...
... thine ear . Forlorn , in this bleak wilderness below , 255 Ah ! what were man , should Heaven refuse to hear ! To others do ( the law is not severe ) What to thyself thou wishest to be done . Forgive thy foes ; and love thy parents dear ...
Contents
An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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