Flowers of Literature, for 1806: Or, Characteristic Sketches of Human Nature, and Modern Manners. To which are Added, a General View of Literature During that Period; Portraits and Biographical Notices of Eminent Literary, and Political Characters; with Notes, Historical, Critical, and ExplanatoryB. Crosby and Company, 1807 - 528 pages |
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... Thou , Whom soft - ey'd Pity once led down from heav'ns To bleed for man --- to teach him how to live ; And , Oh ! --- still harder lesson ! --- how to die ; Disdain not thou to smooth the restless bed Of sickness and of pain . Forgive ...
... Thou , Whom soft - ey'd Pity once led down from heav'ns To bleed for man --- to teach him how to live ; And , Oh ! --- still harder lesson ! --- how to die ; Disdain not thou to smooth the restless bed Of sickness and of pain . Forgive ...
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... THOU thought - revealing charm ! in silence shewn , Like the swift intercourse to angels known ; Intuitive exchange , by vision made , Of mutual minds , without the tardy aid Of sense - conveying sounds , which language lends To partial ...
... THOU thought - revealing charm ! in silence shewn , Like the swift intercourse to angels known ; Intuitive exchange , by vision made , Of mutual minds , without the tardy aid Of sense - conveying sounds , which language lends To partial ...
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... thou- sands to a few hundreds ; and by this time , no man better knew the way of life than my friend Jack Easy . He had been through all the dirty cross- roads of business , money - borrowing , bankruptcy , and law ; and at last arrived ...
... thou- sands to a few hundreds ; and by this time , no man better knew the way of life than my friend Jack Easy . He had been through all the dirty cross- roads of business , money - borrowing , bankruptcy , and law ; and at last arrived ...
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... thou soft , thou holy star , Thou glory of the sky ! And when my steps are wandering far , Leading the shepherd - minstrelsy , Then , if the Moon deny her ray , O guide me , Hesper , on my way ! No savage robber of the dark , No foul ...
... thou soft , thou holy star , Thou glory of the sky ! And when my steps are wandering far , Leading the shepherd - minstrelsy , Then , if the Moon deny her ray , O guide me , Hesper , on my way ! No savage robber of the dark , No foul ...
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