Poetical Works, 3. numberHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 1095 pages |
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... plain , 680 And ev'ry needful point of truth contain : All , who can read , interpreters may be . Thus , tho ' your sev'ral Churches disagree , Yet ev'ry saint has to himself alone The secret of this philosophic stone . These principles ...
... plain , 680 And ev'ry needful point of truth contain : All , who can read , interpreters may be . Thus , tho ' your sev'ral Churches disagree , Yet ev'ry saint has to himself alone The secret of this philosophic stone . These principles ...
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... plain good man , whose name is understood , 2200 ( So few deserve the name of plain and good , ) Of three fair lineal lordships stood possess'd , And liv'd , as reason was , upon the best . Inur'd to hardships from his early youth ...
... plain good man , whose name is understood , 2200 ( So few deserve the name of plain and good , ) Of three fair lineal lordships stood possess'd , And liv'd , as reason was , upon the best . Inur'd to hardships from his early youth ...
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... plain ; And sailors furl their dropping sheets amain . 510 Wet weather seldom hurts the most un- wise ; So plain the signs , such prophets are the skies . The wary crane foresees it first , and sails Above the storm , and leaves the ...
... plain ; And sailors furl their dropping sheets amain . 510 Wet weather seldom hurts the most un- wise ; So plain the signs , such prophets are the skies . The wary crane foresees it first , and sails Above the storm , and leaves the ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | xvii |
EARLY POEMS | liv |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD | 1 |
Copyright | |
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