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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... unto the Kaim ; The storm it continues , and still does increase , O'erwhelming our shepherd with doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His mind is bewilder'd ...
... unto the Kaim ; The storm it continues , and still does increase , O'erwhelming our shepherd with doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His mind is bewilder'd ...
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... unto the clouds do aspire . The eagle there buildeth her nest , Free from the intrusion of man , Of her brood he can't her divest , His attempts on her dwelling are vain . Here nature does sterile appear , Of vegetable life seems 29.
... unto the clouds do aspire . The eagle there buildeth her nest , Free from the intrusion of man , Of her brood he can't her divest , His attempts on her dwelling are vain . Here nature does sterile appear , Of vegetable life seems 29.
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... Nine , And haply a stanza will try . For poesy's a theme I do love , And fain would unto it aspire ; If I but the passions could move , It is all that I seek or desire . Could I touch the strings of the heart , And 80.
... Nine , And haply a stanza will try . For poesy's a theme I do love , And fain would unto it aspire ; If I but the passions could move , It is all that I seek or desire . Could I touch the strings of the heart , And 80.
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... honesty lost , Falsehood it does from her proceed → Oppression's stern rod he doth sway ; Self - interest's a part of her creed- Her trust she does always betray , Ingratitude still does neglect The debt unto friendship that's due 38.
... honesty lost , Falsehood it does from her proceed → Oppression's stern rod he doth sway ; Self - interest's a part of her creed- Her trust she does always betray , Ingratitude still does neglect The debt unto friendship that's due 38.
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... unto friendship that's due ; And treateth with cold disrespect Friends from whom e'en her fortune did flow . How base does such conduct appear , To true magnanimity lost ! - Yet many such people there are Who of cunning and guile make a ...
... unto friendship that's due ; And treateth with cold disrespect Friends from whom e'en her fortune did flow . How base does such conduct appear , To true magnanimity lost ! - Yet many such people there are Who of cunning and guile make a ...
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