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1 The rural day , and talk'd the flowing hour , Or figh'd and look'd unutterable
things . So pass'd , their life , a clear united stream , By care unruffled : till , in evil
hour , The tempeft caught them on the tender walk , Heedless how far , and
where ...
1 The rural day , and talk'd the flowing hour , Or figh'd and look'd unutterable
things . So pass'd , their life , a clear united stream , By care unruffled : till , in evil
hour , The tempeft caught them on the tender walk , Heedless how far , and
where ...
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And looking on it with lack - lustre eye , Says very wisely , It is ten o'clock ; Thus
may we fee , quoth he , how the world wags : ' Tis but an hour ago fince it was
nine , And after one hour more ' twill be eleven ; And so from hour to hour we ripe
...
And looking on it with lack - lustre eye , Says very wisely , It is ten o'clock ; Thus
may we fee , quoth he , how the world wags : ' Tis but an hour ago fince it was
nine , And after one hour more ' twill be eleven ; And so from hour to hour we ripe
...
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O say what soft propitious hour , I best may chuse to hail thy power , And court thy
gentle sway ? When Autumn , friendly to the Muses , Shall thy own modest tints
diffuse , And shed thy milder day .. When Eve , her dewy star beneath , Thy ...
O say what soft propitious hour , I best may chuse to hail thy power , And court thy
gentle sway ? When Autumn , friendly to the Muses , Shall thy own modest tints
diffuse , And shed thy milder day .. When Eve , her dewy star beneath , Thy ...
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Canft thou , O partial Sleep , give thy repose To the wet sea - boy in an hour fo
rude ; And , in the calmest and the stillest night , With all appliances and means to
boot , Deny it to a king ? Then , happy lowly clown ; " Uneasy lies the head that ...
Canft thou , O partial Sleep , give thy repose To the wet sea - boy in an hour fo
rude ; And , in the calmest and the stillest night , With all appliances and means to
boot , Deny it to a king ? Then , happy lowly clown ; " Uneasy lies the head that ...
Page 387
Thou hid'st a thousand daggers in thy thoughts , Which thou hast whetted on thy
ftony heart , To ftab at half an hour of my frail life . What ! canst thou not forbear
me half an hour ? Then get thee gone , and dig my grave thyself , And bid the ...
Thou hid'st a thousand daggers in thy thoughts , Which thou hast whetted on thy
ftony heart , To ftab at half an hour of my frail life . What ! canst thou not forbear
me half an hour ? Then get thee gone , and dig my grave thyself , And bid the ...
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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