Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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Page 27
... beneath her happy reign The growth that nature meant she should attain The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in her ...
... beneath her happy reign The growth that nature meant she should attain The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in her ...
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... late , Not only vice disposed and prepares The mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to tyranny's usurped command , And bend her polished neck beneath his hand , 1 ( A dire effect , by one of nature's laws TABLE TALK . 35.
... late , Not only vice disposed and prepares The mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to tyranny's usurped command , And bend her polished neck beneath his hand , 1 ( A dire effect , by one of nature's laws TABLE TALK . 35.
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... beneath them , and heaven roars above ; But nothing scares them from the course they love : To the lascivious pipe and wanton song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulph 36 ...
... beneath them , and heaven roars above ; But nothing scares them from the course they love : To the lascivious pipe and wanton song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulph 36 ...
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... beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute ...
... beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute ...
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... beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a ...
... beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a ...
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