Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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Page 32
... gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confessed a God ; they kneeled before they fought , And praised him in the victories he wrought . Now from the dust of ancient days bring forth Their 32 TABLE TALK .
... gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confessed a God ; they kneeled before they fought , And praised him in the victories he wrought . Now from the dust of ancient days bring forth Their 32 TABLE TALK .
Page 35
... race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause 3 In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws , Bespeaks a land , once christian ...
... race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause 3 In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws , Bespeaks a land , once christian ...
Page 36
... race grows judgment proof : Earth shakes 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 ...
... race grows judgment proof : Earth shakes 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 ...
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... race From total night and absolute disgrace ; While servile trick and imitative knack Confine the million in the beaten track , Perhaps some courser who disdains the road , Snuffs up the wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries ...
... race From total night and absolute disgrace ; While servile trick and imitative knack Confine the million in the beaten track , Perhaps some courser who disdains the road , Snuffs up the wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries ...
Page 48
... race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ; Or , ere the wheels of verse begin to roll , Like his to shed illuminating rays On every scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a ...
... race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ; Or , ere the wheels of verse begin to roll , Like his to shed illuminating rays On every scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a ...
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