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... proud The ' occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with ...
... proud The ' occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with ...
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... proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The panels , leaving an obscure rude name , In characters uncouth , and spelt amiss . So ...
... proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The panels , leaving an obscure rude name , In characters uncouth , and spelt amiss . So ...
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... proud disdain , Frowning , as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His firm stability to what he scorns , More fix'd below , the more disturb'd above . The law , by which all creatures else are bound ...
... proud disdain , Frowning , as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His firm stability to what he scorns , More fix'd below , the more disturb'd above . The law , by which all creatures else are bound ...
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... proud saloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencil'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the ...
... proud saloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencil'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the ...
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... proud and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome sewer , The dregs and feculence of every land . In cities foul example on most minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds , In gross and ...
... proud and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome sewer , The dregs and feculence of every land . In cities foul example on most minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds , In gross and ...
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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