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Page vii
... appear So. A smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally , and in company , to prevent , if possible , a suspicion of what at the same time is passing in the heart . We know that there are people who seldom smile when they ...
... appear So. A smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally , and in company , to prevent , if possible , a suspicion of what at the same time is passing in the heart . We know that there are people who seldom smile when they ...
Page 10
... appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with The crisis of a dark decisive hour : So Gideon earn'd a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that alone ...
... appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with The crisis of a dark decisive hour : So Gideon earn'd a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that alone ...
Page 15
... appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard . To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a dayspring into distant climes , Ennobling ...
... appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard . To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a dayspring into distant climes , Ennobling ...
Page 23
... appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as ...
... appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as ...
Page 30
... appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That Education gives her , false or true ...
... appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That Education gives her , false or true ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth