Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 55
... force of Indian skies ; Her peaceful shores , where busy commerce waits To pour his golden tide through all her gates , All speak her happy - let the muse look round From East to West , no sorrow can be found , Or only what , in ...
... force of Indian skies ; Her peaceful shores , where busy commerce waits To pour his golden tide through all her gates , All speak her happy - let the muse look round From East to West , no sorrow can be found , Or only what , in ...
Page 116
... force , and made no proselyte ) I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's ...
... force , and made no proselyte ) I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's ...
Page 257
... force , ambush , slaughter fly , And no gigantic guilt alarms the sky . Now haply says some shepherd , while he views , Recumbent on a rock , the redd'ning dews , This night , this surely , Phoebus miss'd the fair , Who stops his ...
... force , ambush , slaughter fly , And no gigantic guilt alarms the sky . Now haply says some shepherd , while he views , Recumbent on a rock , the redd'ning dews , This night , this surely , Phoebus miss'd the fair , Who stops his ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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