The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... fate the pleasing task assign'd , To rule the various thoughts of human kind ; To catch each rising wish , each ardent pray'r , And some to grant , and some to waste in air . Know further , as I rang'd the crystal sky , I saw thee near ...
... fate the pleasing task assign'd , To rule the various thoughts of human kind ; To catch each rising wish , each ardent pray'r , And some to grant , and some to waste in air . Know further , as I rang'd the crystal sky , I saw thee near ...
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... fate has fix'd my early doom , And strow with leaves a hapless damsel's tomb . Some grot or grassy bank shall be my bier , My maiden herse unwater'd with a tear . ' Thus while she mourns , o'erwhelm'd in deep despair , She rends her ...
... fate has fix'd my early doom , And strow with leaves a hapless damsel's tomb . Some grot or grassy bank shall be my bier , My maiden herse unwater'd with a tear . ' Thus while she mourns , o'erwhelm'd in deep despair , She rends her ...
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... , And visited the margin of the Nile : And now , that winter deepens round the pole , The circling voyage hastens to its goal ; They , blind to Fate's inevitable law , No dark D2 A Sea Piece, from the Shipwreck Falconer.
... , And visited the margin of the Nile : And now , that winter deepens round the pole , The circling voyage hastens to its goal ; They , blind to Fate's inevitable law , No dark D2 A Sea Piece, from the Shipwreck Falconer.
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Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry English poetry. They , blind to Fate's inevitable law , No dark event to blast their hope foresaw ; But from gay Venice soon expect to steer For Britain's coast , and dread no perils near ...
Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry English poetry. They , blind to Fate's inevitable law , No dark event to blast their hope foresaw ; But from gay Venice soon expect to steer For Britain's coast , and dread no perils near ...
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... fated swain ; For , like that bard unhappy , on his head Malignant stars their hostile influence shed . Such were the pilots ; tutor'd to divine Th ' untravel'd course by geometric line ; Train'd to command , and range the various sail ...
... fated swain ; For , like that bard unhappy , on his head Malignant stars their hostile influence shed . Such were the pilots ; tutor'd to divine Th ' untravel'd course by geometric line ; Train'd to command , and range the various sail ...
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