Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 47
... give , AND LIVE . Stand the soul - quick'ning words - BELIEVE Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . a Who judged the Pharisee ? What odious cause Exposed him to the vengeance of ...
... give , AND LIVE . Stand the soul - quick'ning words - BELIEVE Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . a Who judged the Pharisee ? What odious cause Exposed him to the vengeance of ...
Page 68
... give , As with a frown to say , Do this and live . Love is not pedler's trumpery , bought and sold , He will give freely , or He will withhold , His soul abhors a mercenary thought , And him as deeply who abhors it not ; He stipulates ...
... give , As with a frown to say , Do this and live . Love is not pedler's trumpery , bought and sold , He will give freely , or He will withhold , His soul abhors a mercenary thought , And him as deeply who abhors it not ; He stipulates ...
Page 152
... gives talents for its use . Till Thou art heard , imaginations vain Possess the heart , and fables , false as hell , Yet deem'd oracular , lure down to death The uninform'd and heedless souls of men . We give to chance , blind chance ...
... gives talents for its use . Till Thou art heard , imaginations vain Possess the heart , and fables , false as hell , Yet deem'd oracular , lure down to death The uninform'd and heedless souls of men . We give to chance , blind chance ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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