Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 82
... sweet , how passing sweet is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat , Whom I may whisper , -Solitude is sweet . Religion does not censure or exclude Unnumber'd pleasures , harmlessly pursued . To study culture , and with ...
... sweet , how passing sweet is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat , Whom I may whisper , -Solitude is sweet . Religion does not censure or exclude Unnumber'd pleasures , harmlessly pursued . To study culture , and with ...
Page 104
... Sweet sleep enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the Clerk below : but neither sleep Of lazy Nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To slumber ...
... Sweet sleep enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the Clerk below : but neither sleep Of lazy Nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To slumber ...
Page 135
... sweet Evening , and continue long ! Methinks I see thee in the streaky west , With matron - step slow - moving , while the night Treads on thy sweeping train ; one hand employ'd In letting fall the curtain of repose On bird and beast ...
... sweet Evening , and continue long ! Methinks I see thee in the streaky west , With matron - step slow - moving , while the night Treads on thy sweeping train ; one hand employ'd In letting fall the curtain of repose On bird and beast ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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