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Oh , yes ! ' replied Maurice , •gladly indeed ! ' He lives , then ; but as poor as when
he left you . ' Maurice instantly leaped over his counter , hugged him in his arms ,
and , weeping with pleasure , cried , Welcome , welcome ! here you shall find ...
Oh , yes ! ' replied Maurice , •gladly indeed ! ' He lives , then ; but as poor as when
he left you . ' Maurice instantly leaped over his counter , hugged him in his arms ,
and , weeping with pleasure , cried , Welcome , welcome ! here you shall find ...
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Onward methinks , and diligently slow , The firm connected bulwark seems to
grow , Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar , Scoops out an empire , and
usurps the shore . While the pent ocean , rising o ' er the. 11 v . Statii Theb . iv .
Onward methinks , and diligently slow , The firm connected bulwark seems to
grow , Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar , Scoops out an empire , and
usurps the shore . While the pent ocean , rising o ' er the. 11 v . Statii Theb . iv .
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Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps
unknown ; Till time may come , when , stript of all her charms , The land of
scholars , and the nurse of arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame ,
Where ...
Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps
unknown ; Till time may come , when , stript of all her charms , The land of
scholars , and the nurse of arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame ,
Where ...
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O then how blind to all that truth requires , Who think it freedom when a part
aspires ! Calm is my soul , nor apt to rise in arms , Except when fast approaching
danger warms : But when contending chiefs blockade the throne , 18 Contracting.
O then how blind to all that truth requires , Who think it freedom when a part
aspires ! Calm is my soul , nor apt to rise in arms , Except when fast approaching
danger warms : But when contending chiefs blockade the throne , 18 Contracting.
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The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; 15 And while he sinks , without
one arm to save , The country blooms — a garden and a grave . Where then , ah
where , shall poverty reside , To ' scape the pressure of contiguous pride ?
The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; 15 And while he sinks , without
one arm to save , The country blooms — a garden and a grave . Where then , ah
where , shall poverty reside , To ' scape the pressure of contiguous pride ?
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| Title | Poetical Works |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 mär. 2009 |
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