Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 67
... can close but in despair , ' Twas there we found them and must leave them there . Yet half mankind maintain a churlish strife With Him , the donor of eternal life , Because the deed , by which His love confirms The HOPE . 67.
... can close but in despair , ' Twas there we found them and must leave them there . Yet half mankind maintain a churlish strife With Him , the donor of eternal life , Because the deed , by which His love confirms The HOPE . 67.
Page 144
... twas but a mortifying stroke Of undesign'd severity , that glanced ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , On human grandeur and the courts of kings . ' Twas transient in its nature , as in show ' Twas durable ; as worthless , as it ...
... twas but a mortifying stroke Of undesign'd severity , that glanced ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , On human grandeur and the courts of kings . ' Twas transient in its nature , as in show ' Twas durable ; as worthless , as it ...
Page 218
... twas never day ) , The sprightly morn her course renew'd , The evening grey again ensued , And puss came into mind no more Than if entomb'd the day before . With hunger pinch'd , and pinch'd for room , She now presaged approaching doom ...
... twas never day ) , The sprightly morn her course renew'd , The evening grey again ensued , And puss came into mind no more Than if entomb'd the day before . With hunger pinch'd , and pinch'd for room , She now presaged approaching doom ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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