The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, JohnsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... hour , Great Moses led away his chosen band ; When Israel's host , with all their stores , Past thro ' the ruby - tinctur'd crystal shores , The wilderness of waters and of land : Then persecution rag'd in Heav'n's own cause , Strict ...
... hour , Great Moses led away his chosen band ; When Israel's host , with all their stores , Past thro ' the ruby - tinctur'd crystal shores , The wilderness of waters and of land : Then persecution rag'd in Heav'n's own cause , Strict ...
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... hour improve ( This is morality in love ) Lend , lend thine hand - O let me view Thy parting breasts , sweet avenue ! Then , then thy lips , the coral cell Where all th ' ambrosial kisses dwell ! Thus we'll each sultry noon employ In ...
... hour improve ( This is morality in love ) Lend , lend thine hand - O let me view Thy parting breasts , sweet avenue ! Then , then thy lips , the coral cell Where all th ' ambrosial kisses dwell ! Thus we'll each sultry noon employ In ...
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... hour Thy merits who shall slight , or who can doubt thy power ? But soul - rejoicing health again returns , The blood meanders gentle in each vein , The lamp of life renew'd with vigour burns , And exil'd reason takes her seat again ...
... hour Thy merits who shall slight , or who can doubt thy power ? But soul - rejoicing health again returns , The blood meanders gentle in each vein , The lamp of life renew'd with vigour burns , And exil'd reason takes her seat again ...
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... hour of mirth ) As the dry'd foreign fruit , with piercing eye , She culls suspicious - lo ! she starts , she frowns With indignation at a negro's nail . Should'st thou thy harvest for the mart de- sign , Be thine own factor ; nor ...
... hour of mirth ) As the dry'd foreign fruit , with piercing eye , She culls suspicious - lo ! she starts , she frowns With indignation at a negro's nail . Should'st thou thy harvest for the mart de- sign , Be thine own factor ; nor ...
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... hour of night , When bold intrusion wings her flight , My fair , from care and bus'ness free , Unbosoms all her soul to thee , Each hope with which her bosom heaves , Each tender wish her heart receives To thee are intimately known ...
... hour of night , When bold intrusion wings her flight , My fair , from care and bus'ness free , Unbosoms all her soul to thee , Each hope with which her bosom heaves , Each tender wish her heart receives To thee are intimately known ...
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