PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 9
... dread ; Blush'd , that effects like these she should produce , Worse than the deeds of galley - slaves broke loose . She loses in such storms her very name , And fierce Licentiousness should bear the blame . Incomparable gem ! thy worth ...
... dread ; Blush'd , that effects like these she should produce , Worse than the deeds of galley - slaves broke loose . She loses in such storms her very name , And fierce Licentiousness should bear the blame . Incomparable gem ! thy worth ...
Page 26
... dread ; But know , the law , that bids the drunkard die , Is far too just to pass the trifler by . Both baby - featured , and of infant size , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and Innocence are so alike , The ...
... dread ; But know , the law , that bids the drunkard die , Is far too just to pass the trifler by . Both baby - featured , and of infant size , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and Innocence are so alike , The ...
Page 33
... dread probationary tree , Knowledge of good and evil is from thee . No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest , Till half mankind were like himself possess'd . Philosophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth by everlasting doubt ...
... dread probationary tree , Knowledge of good and evil is from thee . No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest , Till half mankind were like himself possess'd . Philosophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth by everlasting doubt ...
Page 44
... dread of vengeance at his heels ; His conscience , like a glassy lake before , Lash'd into foaming waves , begins to roar ; The law grown clamorous , though silent long , Arraigns him - charges him with every wrong- Asserts the rights ...
... dread of vengeance at his heels ; His conscience , like a glassy lake before , Lash'd into foaming waves , begins to roar ; The law grown clamorous , though silent long , Arraigns him - charges him with every wrong- Asserts the rights ...
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... dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ; Hence the complexion of his future days , Hence a demeanour holy and unspeck'd , And the world's hatred , as its sure effect ...
... dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ; Hence the complexion of his future days , Hence a demeanour holy and unspeck'd , And the world's hatred , as its sure effect ...
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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 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 whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth