Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 43
... dream too late . If the gilt carriage and the pamper'd steed , That wants no driving and disdains the lead ; If ... dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and ...
... dream too late . If the gilt carriage and the pamper'd steed , That wants no driving and disdains the lead ; If ... dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and ...
Page 138
... dreams Sat for the picture ; and the poet's hand , Imparting substance to an empty shade , Imposed a gay delirium for a truth . Grant it : I still must envy them an age That favour'd such a dream , in days like these Impossible , when ...
... dreams Sat for the picture ; and the poet's hand , Imparting substance to an empty shade , Imposed a gay delirium for a truth . Grant it : I still must envy them an age That favour'd such a dream , in days like these Impossible , when ...
Page 146
... dreams ? Heav'n grant I may ; But th ' age of virtuous politics is past , And we are deep in that of cold pretence ... dream them trusty to the gen'ral weal . Such were not they of old , whose temper'd blades Dispersed the shackles of ...
... dreams ? Heav'n grant I may ; But th ' age of virtuous politics is past , And we are deep in that of cold pretence ... dream them trusty to the gen'ral weal . Such were not they of old , whose temper'd blades Dispersed the shackles of ...
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