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... virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision pure , into these secret stores Of health , and life , and joy ? the food of Man , While yet he lived in innocence , and told A length of golden years ; unflesh'd in blood , A stranger to ...
... virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision pure , into these secret stores Of health , and life , and joy ? the food of Man , While yet he lived in innocence , and told A length of golden years ; unflesh'd in blood , A stranger to ...
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... virtue , and her arts revive . Or , turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The Muses charm : while , with sure taste refined , You draw the inspiring breath of ancient song ; Till nobly rises , emulous , thy own , Perhaps thy ...
... virtue , and her arts revive . Or , turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The Muses charm : while , with sure taste refined , You draw the inspiring breath of ancient song ; Till nobly rises , emulous , thy own , Perhaps thy ...
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... virtue , and approving Heaven ! These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll , Still find them happy ; and consenting SPRING Sheds her own ...
... virtue , and approving Heaven ! These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll , Still find them happy ; and consenting SPRING Sheds her own ...
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... virtue struggling on the brink of vice ; In waking whispers and repeated dreams , To hint pure thought , and warn the favour'd soul For future trials fated to prepare ; › To prompt the poet , who devoted gives His muse to better themes ...
... virtue struggling on the brink of vice ; In waking whispers and repeated dreams , To hint pure thought , and warn the favour'd soul For future trials fated to prepare ; › To prompt the poet , who devoted gives His muse to better themes ...
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... virtue glow'd , In all her smiles , without forbidding pride . But , O thou best of parents ! wipe thy tears ; Or rather to Parental Nature pay The tears of grateful joy , who for a while Lent thee this younger self , this opening bloom ...
... virtue glow'd , In all her smiles , without forbidding pride . But , O thou best of parents ! wipe thy tears ; Or rather to Parental Nature pay The tears of grateful joy , who for a while Lent thee this younger self , this opening bloom ...
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amid Apennines art thou Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bliss blooming bosom boundless breast breath breeze bright CHARLES ROLLS charm clouds dark deep delight deluge descending diffused dreadful E'en earth ether exalted fair fair brow faithless fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale gentle gloom glowing grace grove happy heart heaven herds High raised hills JOHN SHARPE light Lycurgus matchless maze mingled mix'd mountains Muse Nature Nature's night o'er passions peace plain poison'd pomp pride rage rapture RICHARD WESTALL rills rise roar robe rocks roll round rural scene season shade shake shining shoot silvan smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweet swell swift tempest tender thee thou thought thunder toil turbid Typhon vale vex'd virtue walk wander waste wave wide wild winds wing Winter wintry woods wrapp'd youth