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... soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The boorish driver leaning o'er his team Vociferous , and ...
... soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The boorish driver leaning o'er his team Vociferous , and ...
Page 17
... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; E'en age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows ...
... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; E'en age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows ...
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... soon its healthful hue ; His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires : He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it who has long endured A fever's agonies , and fed on ...
... soon its healthful hue ; His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires : He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it who has long endured A fever's agonies , and fed on ...
Page 25
... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot , If ever it has wash'd our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art ...
... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot , If ever it has wash'd our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art ...
Page 29
... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK 1 . He would stroke DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL THE SOFA . 29.
... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK 1 . He would stroke DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL THE SOFA . 29.
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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