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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... toil and waste , Or who th ' hoarse thund'ring of the sea , But to be idle at the last , And find a pleasing end in thee . TO ETHELINDA , Happy Muse , that didst embrace The sweet , the heav'nly - fragrant place ! Tell me , is the omen ...
... toil and waste , Or who th ' hoarse thund'ring of the sea , But to be idle at the last , And find a pleasing end in thee . TO ETHELINDA , Happy Muse , that didst embrace The sweet , the heav'nly - fragrant place ! Tell me , is the omen ...
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... toil within the town , And to fortune smile or frown , Fond of trifles , fond of toys , And married to that woman , Noise ; Sacred Wisdom be my care , And fairest Virtue , Wisdom's heir . His speculations thus the sage begun , When , lo ...
... toil within the town , And to fortune smile or frown , Fond of trifles , fond of toys , And married to that woman , Noise ; Sacred Wisdom be my care , And fairest Virtue , Wisdom's heir . His speculations thus the sage begun , When , lo ...
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... toil ! When in my mother's womb conceal'd I lay senseless embryo , then my soul thou knewst , Knewst all her future workings , every thought , And every faint idea yet unform'd . When up the imperceptible ascent Of growing years , led ...
... toil ! When in my mother's womb conceal'd I lay senseless embryo , then my soul thou knewst , Knewst all her future workings , every thought , And every faint idea yet unform'd . When up the imperceptible ascent Of growing years , led ...
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... toil Shou'd e'er debase my lay : far nobler themes , The high achievements of thy warrior kings Shou'd raise my thoughts , and dignify my song . But I , young rustic , dare not leave my cot , For so enlarg'd a sphere - ah ! Muse beware ...
... toil Shou'd e'er debase my lay : far nobler themes , The high achievements of thy warrior kings Shou'd raise my thoughts , and dignify my song . But I , young rustic , dare not leave my cot , For so enlarg'd a sphere - ah ! Muse beware ...
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... toil . What then remains unsung ? unless the care To stack thy poles oblique in comely cones , Lest rot or rain destroy them - ' Tis a sight Most seemly to behold , and gives , O Winter ! A landscape not unpleasing ev'n to thee . And ...
... toil . What then remains unsung ? unless the care To stack thy poles oblique in comely cones , Lest rot or rain destroy them - ' Tis a sight Most seemly to behold , and gives , O Winter ! A landscape not unpleasing ev'n to thee . And ...
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