Poetical WorksLittle, Brown, 1862 |
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... hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; 18 It is not yet decided in politics , whether the diminution of kingly power in England tends to increase the happiness or freedom of the people . For my own part , from seeing the bad ...
... hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; 18 It is not yet decided in politics , whether the diminution of kingly power in England tends to increase the happiness or freedom of the people . For my own part , from seeing the bad ...
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... hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm desires that ask'd but little room , Those healthful sports that grac'd the ... hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here , as I take my solitary rounds , Amidst thy tangling ...
... hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm desires that ask'd but little room , Those healthful sports that grac'd the ... hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here , as I take my solitary rounds , Amidst thy tangling ...
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Oliver Goldsmith. I still had hopes my latest hours to crown , Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down : To husband out life's taper at the close , - - And keep the flame from wasting by repose ; I still had hopes for pride attends us ...
Oliver Goldsmith. I still had hopes my latest hours to crown , Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down : To husband out life's taper at the close , - - And keep the flame from wasting by repose ; I still had hopes for pride attends us ...
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... hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize , More skill'd to raise the wretched than to rise .. His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wanderings , but reliev'd their pain ; The long - remember'd beggar ...
... hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize , More skill'd to raise the wretched than to rise .. His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wanderings , but reliev'd their pain ; The long - remember'd beggar ...
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... hour's importance to the poor man's heart ; Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; No more the farmer's news , the barber's tale , No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith ...
... hour's importance to the poor man's heart ; Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; No more the farmer's news , the barber's tale , No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith ...
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