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Page 60
... grief Perhaps to thousands , and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy . Houses in ashes , and the fall of stocks ; Births , deaths , and marriages ; epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks ...
... grief Perhaps to thousands , and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy . Houses in ashes , and the fall of stocks ; Births , deaths , and marriages ; epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks ...
Page 80
... grief - sob from our pang of death ; Down to the mould'ring multitude we go , And all our anxious thoughts , our fever'd hopes , The sorrowing burdens of our pilgrimage In deep oblivion rest . Then let the woes And joys of earth be to ...
... grief - sob from our pang of death ; Down to the mould'ring multitude we go , And all our anxious thoughts , our fever'd hopes , The sorrowing burdens of our pilgrimage In deep oblivion rest . Then let the woes And joys of earth be to ...
Page 98
... grief must nurture for the sky , What death must fashion for eternity . Oh ! joyous creatures , that will sink to rest , Lightly , when those pure orisons are done , As birds , with slumber's honey - dew oppress'd , ' Midst the dim ...
... grief must nurture for the sky , What death must fashion for eternity . Oh ! joyous creatures , that will sink to rest , Lightly , when those pure orisons are done , As birds , with slumber's honey - dew oppress'd , ' Midst the dim ...
Page 106
... grief , Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief ; Shall steep me in Elysian reverie , A momentary dream , that thou art she . My mother ! when I learnt that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy ...
... grief , Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief ; Shall steep me in Elysian reverie , A momentary dream , that thou art she . My mother ! when I learnt that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy ...
Page 116
... grief hath her needful part , ' Midst the hidden things of each human heart ! Yet shall we mourn , gentle child ! for this ? Life hath enough of yet holier bliss ! Such be thy portion ! the bliss to look , With a reverent spirit ...
... grief hath her needful part , ' Midst the hidden things of each human heart ! Yet shall we mourn , gentle child ! for this ? Life hath enough of yet holier bliss ! Such be thy portion ! the bliss to look , With a reverent spirit ...
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