Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poemsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... passion touch'd my heart , " I triumph'd in his pain . * This stanza , first printed in 1801 , was communicated by Richard Archdal , Esq . who received it from the Author himself . XXXIV . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , 25.
... passion touch'd my heart , " I triumph'd in his pain . * This stanza , first printed in 1801 , was communicated by Richard Archdal , Esq . who received it from the Author himself . XXXIV . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , 25.
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... passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that Heaven to man supplies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the hoard of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign ...
... passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that Heaven to man supplies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the hoard of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign ...
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... passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills , that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies . Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child ...
... passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills , that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies . Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child ...
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... passion . I'll give thee something yet unpaid , Not less sincere , than civil : I'll give thee - ah ! too charming maid , I'll give thee - to the devil . EPITAPH ON DR . PARNELL . THIS tomb inscrib'd to 78 THE GIFT .
... passion . I'll give thee something yet unpaid , Not less sincere , than civil : I'll give thee - ah ! too charming maid , I'll give thee - to the devil . EPITAPH ON DR . PARNELL . THIS tomb inscrib'd to 78 THE GIFT .
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... is Still to gallant and dangle with the ladies . RECITATIVE . Who mump their passion , and who , grimly smiling , Still thus address the fair with voice beguiling . AIR.COTILLON . Turn , my fairest , turn , if G 2 EPILOGUE . 83.
... is Still to gallant and dangle with the ladies . RECITATIVE . Who mump their passion , and who , grimly smiling , Still thus address the fair with voice beguiling . AIR.COTILLON . Turn , my fairest , turn , if G 2 EPILOGUE . 83.
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