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... tears to rapture . - Ask the crowd Which flies impatient from the village - walk To climb the neighb'ring cliffs , when far below The cruel winds have hurl'd upon the coast Some hapless bark ; while sacred Pity melts The gen'ral eye ...
... tears to rapture . - Ask the crowd Which flies impatient from the village - walk To climb the neighb'ring cliffs , when far below The cruel winds have hurl'd upon the coast Some hapless bark ; while sacred Pity melts The gen'ral eye ...
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... tears . Yon house , erected on the rising ground , With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For Plenty there a residence has found , And Grandeur a magnificent abode . Hard is the fate of the infirm and poor ! Here as I crav'd a ...
... tears . Yon house , erected on the rising ground , With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For Plenty there a residence has found , And Grandeur a magnificent abode . Hard is the fate of the infirm and poor ! Here as I crav'd a ...
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... tears into mine eyes . SYPH . O , that you'd profit by your father's ills ! JUB . What would'st thou have me do ? SYPH . Abandon Cato . JUB . Syphax , I should be more than twice an orphan By such a loss . SYPH . Ay , there's the tie ...
... tears into mine eyes . SYPH . O , that you'd profit by your father's ills ! JUB . What would'st thou have me do ? SYPH . Abandon Cato . JUB . Syphax , I should be more than twice an orphan By such a loss . SYPH . Ay , there's the tie ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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