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... Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will ...
... Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will ...
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... lost , In all , that wars against that title most ; What follows next , let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome , Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They ...
... lost , In all , that wars against that title most ; What follows next , let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome , Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They ...
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... lost their way ; And being always primed with politesse For men of their appearance and address , With much compassion undertakes the task , To tell them more than they have wit to ask ; Points to inscriptions wheresoe'er they tread ...
... lost their way ; And being always primed with politesse For men of their appearance and address , With much compassion undertakes the task , To tell them more than they have wit to ask ; Points to inscriptions wheresoe'er they tread ...
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... lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass , every sinew plies ; Pants for ' t , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes ...
... lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass , every sinew plies ; Pants for ' t , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes ...
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... lost his interest here , And pardons are not sold as once they were , No papist more desirous to compound , Than some grave sinners upon English ground . That plea refuted , other quirks they seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ...
... lost his interest here , And pardons are not sold as once they were , No papist more desirous to compound , Than some grave sinners upon English ground . That plea refuted , other quirks they seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ...
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Сторінка 261 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Сторінка 248 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Сторінка 323 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Сторінка 157 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Сторінка 387 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile; There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay, So thou, with sails how swift! hast reached the shore "Where tempests never beat nor billows roar;" And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Сторінка 208 - Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul !) Had two stone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she loved, And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipp'd from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw.
Сторінка 157 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Сторінка 248 - Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text; Cry — hem; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene...
Сторінка 211 - For why ? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The -middle of my song. Away went Gilpin, out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still. The...
Сторінка 239 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall.