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... moral , however , is defective . The Ass com- plains to Jupiter that , although he performs his du- ties , he is badly lodged , badly fed , and cruelly treated ; to which Fortune replies , that he is an ass ; and Jupiter adds that he ...
... moral , however , is defective . The Ass com- plains to Jupiter that , although he performs his du- ties , he is badly lodged , badly fed , and cruelly treated ; to which Fortune replies , that he is an ass ; and Jupiter adds that he ...
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... moral chair , I sit , from busy passions free , And breathe the placid air . The wither'd tree was once in prime ; Its branches braved the sky ! Thus , at the touch of ruthless Time , Shall youth and vigour die . I'm lifted to the blue ...
... moral chair , I sit , from busy passions free , And breathe the placid air . The wither'd tree was once in prime ; Its branches braved the sky ! Thus , at the touch of ruthless Time , Shall youth and vigour die . I'm lifted to the blue ...
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... moral mind , A solemn aspect wears ; Where sleep hath lull'd the labour'd hind , And kill'd his daily cares : ' Tis but the churchyard of the night ; An emblematic bed ! That offers to the mental sight The temporary dead . From hence I ...
... moral mind , A solemn aspect wears ; Where sleep hath lull'd the labour'd hind , And kill'd his daily cares : ' Tis but the churchyard of the night ; An emblematic bed ! That offers to the mental sight The temporary dead . From hence I ...
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... moral mood ; And seated by the Maid's sequester'd side , Sigh'd , as the mouldering monuments I view'd . Inexorably calm , with silent pace [ way ! Here Time hath pass'd — What ruin marks his This pile , now crumbling o'er its hallow'd ...
... moral mood ; And seated by the Maid's sequester'd side , Sigh'd , as the mouldering monuments I view'd . Inexorably calm , with silent pace [ way ! Here Time hath pass'd — What ruin marks his This pile , now crumbling o'er its hallow'd ...
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... moral prospect learn , -how vain The wish that sighs for sublunary things ! HYMEN . WHEN Chloe with a blush complied To be the fond Nicander's bride , His wild imagination ran < On raptures never known by man . How high the tides of ...
... moral prospect learn , -how vain The wish that sighs for sublunary things ! HYMEN . WHEN Chloe with a blush complied To be the fond Nicander's bride , His wild imagination ran < On raptures never known by man . How high the tides of ...
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