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... can keep off care , Is wond'rously mistaken : Alas ! he is not half fo bleft As thofe , who've liberty , and reft , And dine on beans and bacon . Born 1792 ; dyed 1787 . 19 Why should we then to London run , And quit.
... can keep off care , Is wond'rously mistaken : Alas ! he is not half fo bleft As thofe , who've liberty , and reft , And dine on beans and bacon . Born 1792 ; dyed 1787 . 19 Why should we then to London run , And quit.
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... thofe reign , whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black , a courtier white ; Explain their country's dear - bought rights away , And plead for pirates in the face of day ; With flavish tenets taint our poifon'd youth , 55 And ...
... thofe reign , whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black , a courtier white ; Explain their country's dear - bought rights away , And plead for pirates in the face of day ; With flavish tenets taint our poifon'd youth , 55 And ...
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... Thofe faunt'ring on the green , with jocund leer Salute the ftranger paffing on his way ; Some builden fragile tenements of clay ; Some to the standing lake their courfes bend , 285 With pebbles smooth at duck and drake to play ; Thilk ...
... Thofe faunt'ring on the green , with jocund leer Salute the ftranger paffing on his way ; Some builden fragile tenements of clay ; Some to the standing lake their courfes bend , 285 With pebbles smooth at duck and drake to play ; Thilk ...
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... thofe virtues to reward Beyond the reach of chance or pain Secure , th ' hiftorian and the bard . By them the hero's generous rage Still warm in youth immortal lives ; And in their adamantine page Thy glory ftill furvives . Thro ' deep ...
... thofe virtues to reward Beyond the reach of chance or pain Secure , th ' hiftorian and the bard . By them the hero's generous rage Still warm in youth immortal lives ; And in their adamantine page Thy glory ftill furvives . Thro ' deep ...
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... thofe of the Celts , who do not appear to have been even ac- quainted with the Runic mythology . Brfides , in the time of Edw . I. it is well known , that thefe Welsh or British poets muft , like the rest of their nation , have ...
... thofe of the Celts , who do not appear to have been even ac- quainted with the Runic mythology . Brfides , in the time of Edw . I. it is well known , that thefe Welsh or British poets muft , like the rest of their nation , have ...
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Página 91 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Página 91 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 167 - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way.
Página 166 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Página 89 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 89 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 166 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Página 83 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Página 164 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Página 181 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.