Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... Passion's erring glass to view What cooler thought condemns ! Think'st thou the man By birth exalted , by the lavish hand [ hours Of Fortune crown'd with honor , whose gay Dance to the melting lute's melodious lay , Is happy ? -Know ...
... Passion's erring glass to view What cooler thought condemns ! Think'st thou the man By birth exalted , by the lavish hand [ hours Of Fortune crown'd with honor , whose gay Dance to the melting lute's melodious lay , Is happy ? -Know ...
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... passions rage , And fierce desires and lusts engage ; The meanest foe of all the train Has thousands and ten thousands ... passion stops her headlong tide : At thy felt presence all emotions cease , And hush'd spirit finds a sudden peace ...
... passions rage , And fierce desires and lusts engage ; The meanest foe of all the train Has thousands and ten thousands ... passion stops her headlong tide : At thy felt presence all emotions cease , And hush'd spirit finds a sudden peace ...
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... passions beat , O gently guide my pilgrim feet To find thy hermit cell ; Where in some pure and equal sky , Beneath ... passions cease , And breathe the calm of tender peace : Wisdom ! I bless thy gentle sway , And ever , ever will obey ...
... passions beat , O gently guide my pilgrim feet To find thy hermit cell ; Where in some pure and equal sky , Beneath ... passions cease , And breathe the calm of tender peace : Wisdom ! I bless thy gentle sway , And ever , ever will obey ...
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... passion rise , Till the dire tempest mingles earth and skies ; And , swift into the boundless ocean borne , Our ... passions are at strife , Oh let me listen to the words of life ! Raptures deep felt his doctrine did impart , And thus he ...
... passion rise , Till the dire tempest mingles earth and skies ; And , swift into the boundless ocean borne , Our ... passions are at strife , Oh let me listen to the words of life ! Raptures deep felt his doctrine did impart , And thus he ...
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... passion warm'd , Some false delight my giddy sense has charm'd ; My calmer thoughts the wretched choice reprove ... passions rove , And break those awful precepts I approve ! Pursue the fatal impulse I abhor , And violate the virtue I ...
... passion warm'd , Some false delight my giddy sense has charm'd ; My calmer thoughts the wretched choice reprove ... passions rove , And break those awful precepts I approve ! Pursue the fatal impulse I abhor , And violate the virtue I ...
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Common terms and phrases
æther arms art thou beauty behold beneath blessings blest bliss blood bloom breast breath bright charms chyle courser crowd dæmon death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool form'd gen'rous glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honor hope hour immortal Jebusites kings light lord lov'd lyre maid mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er night numbers Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er once pain passion peace plain pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise round sacred scene sense shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen stream sweet tears tempest Thalestris thee Theseus thine thou thought throne toil tow'ring train trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue voice wild wind wings wise wretch youth