Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, JohnsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... bright angel of his verse , Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce , For all the pangs that rage : Blest light still gaining on the gloom , The more than Michael of his bloom , Th ' Abishag of his age . He sung of God , the mighty ...
... bright angel of his verse , Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce , For all the pangs that rage : Blest light still gaining on the gloom , The more than Michael of his bloom , Th ' Abishag of his age . He sung of God , the mighty ...
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... Bright as the Sun , but as the Moon - beams mild ; From anger , fell revenge , and discord free , He bad war's hellish clangour cease , In pastoral simplicity and peace , And show'd to man that face , which Moses could not see . Well ...
... Bright as the Sun , but as the Moon - beams mild ; From anger , fell revenge , and discord free , He bad war's hellish clangour cease , In pastoral simplicity and peace , And show'd to man that face , which Moses could not see . Well ...
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... bright eyes ; Then baffled , thou shalt see , That as did Daphne thee , Her charms description's force shall fly , And by no soft persuasive sounds be brib'd To come within Invention's narrow eye ; But all indignant shun its grasp , and ...
... bright eyes ; Then baffled , thou shalt see , That as did Daphne thee , Her charms description's force shall fly , And by no soft persuasive sounds be brib'd To come within Invention's narrow eye ; But all indignant shun its grasp , and ...
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... bright , as brisk , and lasting , as the vestal fire . Does thy young bosom pant for fame : Woud'st thou be of posterity the toast ? The poets shall ensure thy name , Who magnitude of mind not body boast . Laurels on bulky bards as ...
... bright , as brisk , and lasting , as the vestal fire . Does thy young bosom pant for fame : Woud'st thou be of posterity the toast ? The poets shall ensure thy name , Who magnitude of mind not body boast . Laurels on bulky bards as ...
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... bright eyes , Filling with infant prate the grove , And lisp in sweetly - fault'ring love .. In the middle of the ring , Mad with May , and wild of wing , Fire - ey'd Wantonness shall sing . By the rivulet on the rushes , Beneath a ...
... bright eyes , Filling with infant prate the grove , And lisp in sweetly - fault'ring love .. In the middle of the ring , Mad with May , and wild of wing , Fire - ey'd Wantonness shall sing . By the rivulet on the rushes , Beneath a ...
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