The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page 19
... wilds I stray , Thy bounty shall my wants beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile , With sudden greens and herbage crown'd , And streams shall murmur all around . AN ODE . THE spacious firmament on high , With all the blue ethereal ...
... wilds I stray , Thy bounty shall my wants beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile , With sudden greens and herbage crown'd , And streams shall murmur all around . AN ODE . THE spacious firmament on high , With all the blue ethereal ...
Page 23
... wild herd of nymphs and swains That thoughtless fly into thy chains , As custom leads the way : If there be bliss without design , Ivies and oaks may grow and twine , And be as blest as they . Nor sordid souls of earthly mould , Who ...
... wild herd of nymphs and swains That thoughtless fly into thy chains , As custom leads the way : If there be bliss without design , Ivies and oaks may grow and twine , And be as blest as they . Nor sordid souls of earthly mould , Who ...
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... the agreeable but fatal relaxation in which he was permitted to indulge in England ; and thus lived a life of alternate excitement and despondency -both ending in woe . PARNELL . THE HERMIT . FAR in a wild , 34 THOMAS PARNELL .
... the agreeable but fatal relaxation in which he was permitted to indulge in England ; and thus lived a life of alternate excitement and despondency -both ending in woe . PARNELL . THE HERMIT . FAR in a wild , 34 THOMAS PARNELL .
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Samuel Carter Hall. PARNELL . THE HERMIT . FAR in a wild , unknown to public view , From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed , the cave his humble cell , His food the fruits , his drink the crystal well : Remote from ...
Samuel Carter Hall. PARNELL . THE HERMIT . FAR in a wild , unknown to public view , From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed , the cave his humble cell , His food the fruits , his drink the crystal well : Remote from ...
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... wild to pass ; But when the southern sun had warm'd the day , A youth came posting o'er a crossing way ; His raiment decent , his complexion fair , And soft in graceful ringlets wav'd his hair . Then near approaching , " Father , hail ...
... wild to pass ; But when the southern sun had warm'd the day , A youth came posting o'er a crossing way ; His raiment decent , his complexion fair , And soft in graceful ringlets wav'd his hair . Then near approaching , " Father , hail ...
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