Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 253
... beneath . In vain we trifle with our fate ; Try every art in vain ; At best we but prolong the date , And lengthen out our pain . Fondly we think all danger fled , For death is ever nigh ; Outstrips our unavailing speed , Or meets us as ...
... beneath . In vain we trifle with our fate ; Try every art in vain ; At best we but prolong the date , And lengthen out our pain . Fondly we think all danger fled , For death is ever nigh ; Outstrips our unavailing speed , Or meets us as ...
Page 278
... Beneath the poplar grove I pass'd my hours , Now cropping myrtles , and now vernal flow'rs , And hearing , as I lay at ease along , Your swains contending for the prize of song ! I also dared attempt ( and , as it seems , Not much ...
... Beneath the poplar grove I pass'd my hours , Now cropping myrtles , and now vernal flow'rs , And hearing , as I lay at ease along , Your swains contending for the prize of song ! I also dared attempt ( and , as it seems , Not much ...
Page 321
... beneath my vine ; Myrtle more becoming thee , Waiting with thy master's wine . E HOR . LIB . II . ODE XVI . " Otium Divos rogat in patenti . " ASE is the weary merchant's pray'r , Who ploughs beneath th ' Agean flood , When neither moon ...
... beneath my vine ; Myrtle more becoming thee , Waiting with thy master's wine . E HOR . LIB . II . ODE XVI . " Otium Divos rogat in patenti . " ASE is the weary merchant's pray'r , Who ploughs beneath th ' Agean flood , When neither moon ...
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