The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... Fate of Tyranny . 185 LLOYD . The Cit's Country Box 231 WARTON . From an Ode to Summer . Inscription in a Hermitage Ode to the First of April 189 BEATTIE . 190 191 From the Minstrel 235 . GOLDSMITH . LANGHORNE . From the Deserted ...
... Fate of Tyranny . 185 LLOYD . The Cit's Country Box 231 WARTON . From an Ode to Summer . Inscription in a Hermitage Ode to the First of April 189 BEATTIE . 190 191 From the Minstrel 235 . GOLDSMITH . LANGHORNE . From the Deserted ...
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... Fate should lend , In blissful ease and satisfaction spend ; Near some fair town I'd have a private seat , Built uniform , not little nor too great ; Better , if on a rising ground it stood ; On this side fields , on that a neighbouring ...
... Fate should lend , In blissful ease and satisfaction spend ; Near some fair town I'd have a private seat , Built uniform , not little nor too great ; Better , if on a rising ground it stood ; On this side fields , on that a neighbouring ...
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... fate will do ; ' Tis enough that I can say , I've possess'd myself to - day : Then if haply midnight death Seize my flesh , and stop my breath , Yet to - morrow I shall be Heir to the best part of me . Glittering stones , and golden ...
... fate will do ; ' Tis enough that I can say , I've possess'd myself to - day : Then if haply midnight death Seize my flesh , and stop my breath , Yet to - morrow I shall be Heir to the best part of me . Glittering stones , and golden ...
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... fate , rush on the toils Inextricable , nor will aught avail Their arts , or arms , or shapes of lovely hue : The wasp insidious and the buzzing drone , And butterfly , proud of expanded wings Distinct with gold , entangled in her ...
... fate , rush on the toils Inextricable , nor will aught avail Their arts , or arms , or shapes of lovely hue : The wasp insidious and the buzzing drone , And butterfly , proud of expanded wings Distinct with gold , entangled in her ...
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... fate's , to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose , they postpone ; ' Tis not in folly , not to scorn a fool ; And scarce in human wisdom , to do more . All promise is poor dilatory man , And that through every stage ...
... fate's , to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose , they postpone ; ' Tis not in folly , not to scorn a fool ; And scarce in human wisdom , to do more . All promise is poor dilatory man , And that through every stage ...
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