Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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Page 7
... heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to strut , look big , and talk away . Born in a climate softer far than ours , Not form'd , like us , with such Herculean powers , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk ...
... heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to strut , look big , and talk away . Born in a climate softer far than ours , Not form'd , like us , with such Herculean powers , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk ...
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... the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again : Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe , Spoke from B 2 TABLE TALK . 9.
... the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again : Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe , Spoke from B 2 TABLE TALK . 9.
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... heard . To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a dayspring into distant climes , Ennobling every region that he chose ; He sunk in Greece ...
... heard . To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a dayspring into distant climes , Ennobling every region that he chose ; He sunk in Greece ...
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... heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ; Hence the complexion of his future days ...
... heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ; Hence the complexion of his future days ...
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... heard of half a mile from home : He lost in errours his vain heart prefers , She safe in the simplicity of hers . Not many wise , rich , noble , or profound In science , win one inch of heavenly ground . And is it not a mortifying ...
... heard of half a mile from home : He lost in errours his vain heart prefers , She safe in the simplicity of hers . Not many wise , rich , noble , or profound In science , win one inch of heavenly ground . And is it not a mortifying ...
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