Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 162
... repose , th ' alcove , The chamber , or refectory , may die . A necessary act incurs no blame . Not so when , held within their proper bounds , And guiltless of offence , they range the air , Or take their pastime in the spacious field ...
... repose , th ' alcove , The chamber , or refectory , may die . A necessary act incurs no blame . Not so when , held within their proper bounds , And guiltless of offence , they range the air , Or take their pastime in the spacious field ...
Page 237
... repose . PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED . A FABLE . SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; " Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse , at least in fable ; And even the child who knows no better Than to ...
... repose . PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED . A FABLE . SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; " Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse , at least in fable ; And even the child who knows no better Than to ...
Page 322
... repose , No sordid wishes to be great . Poor short - lived things , what plans we lay ! Ah , why forsake our native home ! To distant climates speed away ; For self sticks close where'er we roam . Care follows hard ; and soon o'ertakes ...
... repose , No sordid wishes to be great . Poor short - lived things , what plans we lay ! Ah , why forsake our native home ! To distant climates speed away ; For self sticks close where'er we roam . Care follows hard ; and soon o'ertakes ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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