Elegant Extracts, 3–4. köideVicesimus Knox 1809 |
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Page 779
... poor ; A friend of mammon let thy bounty make , For widows ' prayers thy vanities forsake , And let the hungry of thy pride partake ; Then shall thy inward eye with joy survey The angel Mercy tempering death's delay . " Alas ! ' twas ...
... poor ; A friend of mammon let thy bounty make , For widows ' prayers thy vanities forsake , And let the hungry of thy pride partake ; Then shall thy inward eye with joy survey The angel Mercy tempering death's delay . " Alas ! ' twas ...
Page 852
... POOR wand'rer ! how shall that weak form , So loosely clad in vesture light , Endure the malice of the storm , The rudeness of the winter's night ? And does a smile thy cheek illuine ? Alas ! that faint and feeble glow Is like the ...
... POOR wand'rer ! how shall that weak form , So loosely clad in vesture light , Endure the malice of the storm , The rudeness of the winter's night ? And does a smile thy cheek illuine ? Alas ! that faint and feeble glow Is like the ...
Page 886
... poor man's right Was judg'd not worth a straw . Therewith he cried , O partial judge , Thy doom has me undone ; When oil I gave , my cause was good , But now to ruin run . Poor man , quoth he , I thee forgot , And see thy cause of foil ...
... poor man's right Was judg'd not worth a straw . Therewith he cried , O partial judge , Thy doom has me undone ; When oil I gave , my cause was good , But now to ruin run . Poor man , quoth he , I thee forgot , And see thy cause of foil ...
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