Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 50
... breath , And , smother'd in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store , Content though mean , and cheerful , if not gay , Shuffling her threads about the ...
... breath , And , smother'd in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store , Content though mean , and cheerful , if not gay , Shuffling her threads about the ...
Page 246
... IN A FIT OF ILLNESS . IN R. S. S. ceaseless While feverish pulses leap in every vein , When each faint breath the last short effort seems Of life just parting from my feeble limbs ; How 246 WRITTEN IN A FIT OF ILLNESS .
... IN A FIT OF ILLNESS . IN R. S. S. ceaseless While feverish pulses leap in every vein , When each faint breath the last short effort seems Of life just parting from my feeble limbs ; How 246 WRITTEN IN A FIT OF ILLNESS .
Page 249
... breath of fame . From her sweet brow to chase the gloom of care , To check the tear that dims the beaming eye , To bid her heart the rising sigh forbear , And flush her orient cheek with brighter joy , In that dear breast soft sympathy ...
... breath of fame . From her sweet brow to chase the gloom of care , To check the tear that dims the beaming eye , To bid her heart the rising sigh forbear , And flush her orient cheek with brighter joy , In that dear breast soft sympathy ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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