Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - 283 стор. |
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... fell the snow , That Nature seem'd warring with mortals below . At the noise of the storm the storemaster arose , The pale shepherds start from their short - lived repose ; But the storm and the darkness so did them affray , That ...
... fell the snow , That Nature seem'd warring with mortals below . At the noise of the storm the storemaster arose , The pale shepherds start from their short - lived repose ; But the storm and the darkness so did them affray , That ...
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... fell , still disdaining to yield . Lycurgus and Solon so wise Their laws upon reason did found , Which made their republics to rise , Thus placed on a basis so sound . Philosophy there reared her crest , Illumining Socrates ' school ...
... fell , still disdaining to yield . Lycurgus and Solon so wise Their laws upon reason did found , Which made their republics to rise , Thus placed on a basis so sound . Philosophy there reared her crest , Illumining Socrates ' school ...
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... fell care his bosom does wring ? We're counsel'd by History of yore , Thou'rt not chain'd to the conqueror's car ; He that conquer'd the wide world , therefore , Wept , because he could conquer no more . A triumph's a dazzling show ...
... fell care his bosom does wring ? We're counsel'd by History of yore , Thou'rt not chain'd to the conqueror's car ; He that conquer'd the wide world , therefore , Wept , because he could conquer no more . A triumph's a dazzling show ...
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... fell remorse of them takes hold- An aching head , and loss of gold , Makes penitents of the most bold ; But , deep in sin , They , like the sow to the mire , we're told , Return again . Next , on the constitution seize , A loathsome ...
... fell remorse of them takes hold- An aching head , and loss of gold , Makes penitents of the most bold ; But , deep in sin , They , like the sow to the mire , we're told , Return again . Next , on the constitution seize , A loathsome ...
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... numbers must prevail ; - Thus at Thermopylae the Spartans fell . Now to the conflict do our troops advance , And meet in style the deep'ning squares of France , Tho ' hardly press'd they firmly keep their ground , 68.
... numbers must prevail ; - Thus at Thermopylae the Spartans fell . Now to the conflict do our troops advance , And meet in style the deep'ning squares of France , Tho ' hardly press'd they firmly keep their ground , 68.
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