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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... head , Made glory and grandeur to mourn , And hasten'd their ruin indeed , Since they were subdued in their turn . Now Rome's pregnant page I'll pursue , Where ambition's worst deeds meet my eye ; But still to their principles true ...
... head , Made glory and grandeur to mourn , And hasten'd their ruin indeed , Since they were subdued in their turn . Now Rome's pregnant page I'll pursue , Where ambition's worst deeds meet my eye ; But still to their principles true ...
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... set us up over their head ! " Thee , Philosophy , claims as her own , But I'll give her a hint by the bye ; As a friend she does oft thee disown , As witness her own prying eye . Latent secrets she may us still show , In earth 45.
... set us up over their head ! " Thee , Philosophy , claims as her own , But I'll give her a hint by the bye ; As a friend she does oft thee disown , As witness her own prying eye . Latent secrets she may us still show , In earth 45.
Сторінка 46
... head with care . With the poet thou never dost lodge , His ambition and passion's so strong ; All startled thou fliest to the clouds , And lookest back on the fool with a frown . His satire and lampoons so hard , Are the prickling ...
... head with care . With the poet thou never dost lodge , His ambition and passion's so strong ; All startled thou fliest to the clouds , And lookest back on the fool with a frown . His satire and lampoons so hard , Are the prickling ...
Сторінка 47
... His passion he cannot control . In the cottage thy features are bold , But view it with microscope eye , That e'en can minuteness unfold , A want of it there thou'lt descry . There Poverty oft rears her head , The seeds of 47.
... His passion he cannot control . In the cottage thy features are bold , But view it with microscope eye , That e'en can minuteness unfold , A want of it there thou'lt descry . There Poverty oft rears her head , The seeds of 47.
Сторінка 48
... head , The seeds of contention to sow ; There babes are seen pining for bread , Which parents have not to bestow . With the meek and the lowly in heart , Thou lovest to fix thy abode ; Through life's storms thou their comforter art ...
... head , The seeds of contention to sow ; There babes are seen pining for bread , Which parents have not to bestow . With the meek and the lowly in heart , Thou lovest to fix thy abode ; Through life's storms thou their comforter art ...
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