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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... virtue , ev'ry praise the queen ! Soft gracefulness , and blooming youth , Where , grafted on the stem of truth , That friendship reigns , no interest can divide , And great humility looks down on pride . Oh ! curse on slander's viprous ...
... virtue , ev'ry praise the queen ! Soft gracefulness , and blooming youth , Where , grafted on the stem of truth , That friendship reigns , no interest can divide , And great humility looks down on pride . Oh ! curse on slander's viprous ...
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... Virtue , Wisdom's heir . His speculations thus the sage begun , When , lo ! the neighbouring bell In solemn sound struck one : - He starts and recollects- he was engag'd to Nell . Then up he sprang nimble and light , And rapp'd at fair ...
... Virtue , Wisdom's heir . His speculations thus the sage begun , When , lo ! the neighbouring bell In solemn sound struck one : - He starts and recollects- he was engag'd to Nell . Then up he sprang nimble and light , And rapp'd at fair ...
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... virtue near allied , Thou can'st new joys e'en to the blest impart ; The list'ning angels lay their harps aside To hear the music of thy contrite heart ; And Heav'n itself wears a more radiant face , When charity presents thee to the ...
... virtue near allied , Thou can'st new joys e'en to the blest impart ; The list'ning angels lay their harps aside To hear the music of thy contrite heart ; And Heav'n itself wears a more radiant face , When charity presents thee to the ...
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... virtue . Need I sing The fate of Pharaoh and his numerous band Lost in the reflux of the watry walls , That melted to their fluid state again ? Need I recount how Sampson's warlike arm With more than mortal nerves was strung ' o'er ...
... virtue . Need I sing The fate of Pharaoh and his numerous band Lost in the reflux of the watry walls , That melted to their fluid state again ? Need I recount how Sampson's warlike arm With more than mortal nerves was strung ' o'er ...
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... virtue teems , By none in wit or worth outdone , With eyes , that shining on the Sun , Defy his brightest beams . Hark ! Charity's cherubic voice Calls to her numerous poor , And bids their languid hearts rejoice , And points to Raby's ...
... virtue teems , By none in wit or worth outdone , With eyes , that shining on the Sun , Defy his brightest beams . Hark ! Charity's cherubic voice Calls to her numerous poor , And bids their languid hearts rejoice , And points to Raby's ...
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