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... grace that age would gladly keep ; A tooth , or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length and colour from the locks they spare ; The ' elastic spring of an unwearied foot , That mounts the stile with ease , or leaps the fence , That ...
... grace that age would gladly keep ; A tooth , or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length and colour from the locks they spare ; The ' elastic spring of an unwearied foot , That mounts the stile with ease , or leaps the fence , That ...
Page 9
... grace Of hedgerow beauties numberless , square tower , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages remote . Scenes must be beautiful which , daily ...
... grace Of hedgerow beauties numberless , square tower , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages remote . Scenes must be beautiful which , daily ...
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... grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! Is it like ? -Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry - hem ; and reading what they never wrote , Just fifteen minutes ...
... grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! Is it like ? -Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry - hem ; and reading what they never wrote , Just fifteen minutes ...
Page 49
... , when in him reside Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully preach'd ! D Men that , if now alive , would sit content THE TIMЕРІЕСЕ . 49 *
... , when in him reside Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully preach'd ! D Men that , if now alive , would sit content THE TIMЕРІЕСЕ . 49 *
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... grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote old age To sports ...
... grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote old age To sports ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre MARCH 25 mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth