PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... perhaps a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's ...
... perhaps a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's ...
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... Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke- An art ...
... Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke- An art ...
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... Perhaps some courser , who disdains the road , Suuffs up the wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one ; Short his career indeed , but ably run ; Churchill , himself unconscious of his powers , In penury ...
... Perhaps some courser , who disdains the road , Suuffs up the wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one ; Short his career indeed , but ably run ; Churchill , himself unconscious of his powers , In penury ...
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... charm'd me much , ( not e'en Occiduus more ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to 24 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
... charm'd me much , ( not e'en Occiduus more ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to 24 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
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... perhaps your appetite should fail ; And if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please ; And , proud to make his firm attachment known , To save your life ...
... perhaps your appetite should fail ; And if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please ; And , proud to make his firm attachment known , To save your life ...
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