Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 92
... fair imperial flow'r , She seem'd design'd for Flora's hand , The sceptre of her pow'r . This civil bick'ring and debate The goddess chanced to hear , And flew to save , e'er yet too late , The pride of the parterre . Yours is , she ...
... fair imperial flow'r , She seem'd design'd for Flora's hand , The sceptre of her pow'r . This civil bick'ring and debate The goddess chanced to hear , And flew to save , e'er yet too late , The pride of the parterre . Yours is , she ...
Page 151
... Fair as it is , existed ere it was . Not for its own sake merely , but for His Much more who fashion'd it , he gives it praise ; Praise that from earth resulting as it ought To earth's acknowledged sov'reign , finds at once Its only ...
... Fair as it is , existed ere it was . Not for its own sake merely , but for His Much more who fashion'd it , he gives it praise ; Praise that from earth resulting as it ought To earth's acknowledged sov'reign , finds at once Its only ...
Page 163
... fair theme , some theme divinely fair , Such is the impulse and the spur he feels To give it praise proportion'd to its worth , That not t ' attempt it , arduous as he deems The labour , were a task more arduous still . Oh scenes ...
... fair theme , some theme divinely fair , Such is the impulse and the spur he feels To give it praise proportion'd to its worth , That not t ' attempt it , arduous as he deems The labour , were a task more arduous still . Oh scenes ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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