Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid elime ...
... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid elime ...
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... song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
... song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
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... 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 gulf 12 TABLE TALK .
... 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 gulf 12 TABLE TALK .
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... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where Discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined ...
... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where Discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined ...
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... song was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus , till Luxury seduced the mind To joys less innocent , as less refined ; Then Genius danced a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , seized the thyrsus , bound His brows with ivy ...
... song was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus , till Luxury seduced the mind To joys less innocent , as less refined ; Then Genius danced a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , seized the thyrsus , bound His brows with ivy ...
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