Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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... pray'r . " Oh ! if my Sov'reign Author please , Far be it from my fate , To live , unblest , in torpid ease , And slumber on in state . " What tho ' in scaly armour drest , Indifference may repel The shafts of woe - in such a breast No ...
... pray'r . " Oh ! if my Sov'reign Author please , Far be it from my fate , To live , unblest , in torpid ease , And slumber on in state . " What tho ' in scaly armour drest , Indifference may repel The shafts of woe - in such a breast No ...
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... pray'r , Pray'r would add faith , and faith would fix them there . Envy , ye great , the dull unlettered small ; Ye have much cause for envy - but not all ; We boast some rich ones whom the Gospel sways , And one that wears a coronet ...
... pray'r , Pray'r would add faith , and faith would fix them there . Envy , ye great , the dull unlettered small ; Ye have much cause for envy - but not all ; We boast some rich ones whom the Gospel sways , And one that wears a coronet ...
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... pray'r Has flow'd from lips wet with Castalian dews . Such was thy wisdom , Newton , childlike sage ! Sagacious reader of the works of God , And in His word sagacious . Such too thine , Milton , whose genius had angelic wings , And fed ...
... pray'r Has flow'd from lips wet with Castalian dews . Such was thy wisdom , Newton , childlike sage ! Sagacious reader of the works of God , And in His word sagacious . Such too thine , Milton , whose genius had angelic wings , And fed ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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