PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . LONDON : Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington ; Longman and Co ; Cadell and Davies ; Black and Co .; John Richardson ; James Richardson ; J. Hatchard and Son ; Sher- wood , Neely ...
... falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . LONDON : Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington ; Longman and Co ; Cadell and Davies ; Black and Co .; John Richardson ; James Richardson ; J. Hatchard and Son ; Sher- wood , Neely ...
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... falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That tell you so - say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would ...
... falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That tell you so - say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would ...
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... fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim ...
... fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim ...
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... fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . B. No matter - we could shift when they were not ; And should , no doubt , if they were ...
... fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . B. No matter - we could shift when they were not ; And should , no doubt , if they were ...
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... Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasp'd at slips away . Placed for his trial on this bustling stage , From thoughtless youth to ruminating age , Free in his will ...
... Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasp'd at slips away . Placed for his trial on this bustling stage , From thoughtless youth to ruminating age , Free in his will ...
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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