Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 136
... boast your more mercurial pow'rs , That never feel a stupor , know no pause , Nor need one ; I am conscious , and confess , Fearless , a soul that does not always think . Me oft has fancy ludicrous and wild Sooth'd with a waking dream ...
... boast your more mercurial pow'rs , That never feel a stupor , know no pause , Nor need one ; I am conscious , and confess , Fearless , a soul that does not always think . Me oft has fancy ludicrous and wild Sooth'd with a waking dream ...
Page 254
... boast Than he with whom he went , Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent . He loved them both , but both in vain ; Nor him beheld , nor her again , Not long beneath the whelming brine , Expert to swim , he lay ; Nor ...
... boast Than he with whom he went , Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent . He loved them both , but both in vain ; Nor him beheld , nor her again , Not long beneath the whelming brine , Expert to swim , he lay ; Nor ...
Page 311
... boast of liberty in vain , Of love , and feel it not : He whose bosom glows with Thee , He , and he alone is free . O blessedness , all bliss above , When Thy pure fires prevail ! Love only teaches what is love ; All other lessons fail ...
... boast of liberty in vain , Of love , and feel it not : He whose bosom glows with Thee , He , and he alone is free . O blessedness , all bliss above , When Thy pure fires prevail ! Love only teaches what is love ; All other lessons fail ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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