Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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... lost , lose heav'n without regret ; Regret would rouse them and give birth to pray'r , Pray'r would add faith , and faith would fix them there . Envy , ye great , the dull unlettered small ; Ye have much cause for envy - but not all ...
... lost , lose heav'n without regret ; Regret would rouse them and give birth to pray'r , Pray'r would add faith , and faith would fix them there . Envy , ye great , the dull unlettered small ; Ye have much cause for envy - but not all ...
Page 248
... lost , Call not this gloom I wear , this anxious mien , The dull effect of humour or of spleen ! Still , still I mourn , with each returning day , Him snatched by fate in early youth away ; And her through tedious years of doubt and ...
... lost , Call not this gloom I wear , this anxious mien , The dull effect of humour or of spleen ! Still , still I mourn , with each returning day , Him snatched by fate in early youth away ; And her through tedious years of doubt and ...
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William Cowper. Oh glory in which I am lost , Too deep for the plummet of thought ; On an ocean of Deity toss'd , I am swallow'd , I sink into nought . Yet , lost and obsorb'd as I seem , I chant to the praise of my King ; And though ...
William Cowper. Oh glory in which I am lost , Too deep for the plummet of thought ; On an ocean of Deity toss'd , I am swallow'd , I sink into nought . Yet , lost and obsorb'd as I seem , I chant to the praise of my King ; And though ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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