Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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... Dream . ...... 377 The Nightingale and Glow - Worm ...... 380 On a Goldfinch starved to Death in his Cage . 382 The Pine - Apple and the Bee ..... 383 Horace , Book the 2d , Ode the 10th . 385 A Reflection on the foregoing Ode .. 387 ...
... Dream . ...... 377 The Nightingale and Glow - Worm ...... 380 On a Goldfinch starved to Death in his Cage . 382 The Pine - Apple and the Bee ..... 383 Horace , Book the 2d , Ode the 10th . 385 A Reflection on the foregoing Ode .. 387 ...
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... dream too late . Oh ! if servility with supple knees , Whose trade it is to smile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth dissimulation , skilled to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers ...
... dream too late . Oh ! if servility with supple knees , Whose trade it is to smile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth dissimulation , skilled to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers ...
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... dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares ; They have their weight to carry , subjects their's ; Poets ...
... dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares ; They have their weight to carry , subjects their's ; Poets ...
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... virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; 28 TABLE TALK .
... virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; 28 TABLE TALK .
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... dream ; Your's real and pernicious in the extreme . What then ! are appetites and lusts laid down With the same ease that man puts on his gown ? Will avarice and concupiscence give place , Charmed by the sounds - Your Reverence or Your ...
... dream ; Your's real and pernicious in the extreme . What then ! are appetites and lusts laid down With the same ease that man puts on his gown ? Will avarice and concupiscence give place , Charmed by the sounds - Your Reverence or Your ...
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