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Page 59
... ev'n thick - lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware ? Ah ! sullen now , And dumb as the green turf that covers them ! Where are the mighty thunderbolts of war ? The Roman Cæsars and the Grecian ...
... ev'n thick - lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware ? Ah ! sullen now , And dumb as the green turf that covers them ! Where are the mighty thunderbolts of war ? The Roman Cæsars and the Grecian ...
Page 60
... ev'n to a very scruple ; O cruel irony ! these come too late ; And only mock whom they were meant to honour . Surely , there's not a dungeon - slave that's buried In the highway , unshrouded and uncoffin'd , But lies as soft , ond ...
... ev'n to a very scruple ; O cruel irony ! these come too late ; And only mock whom they were meant to honour . Surely , there's not a dungeon - slave that's buried In the highway , unshrouded and uncoffin'd , But lies as soft , ond ...
Page 96
... ( ev'n in wrath So merciful is Heav'n ) this toil became The solace of his woes , the sweet employ Of many a live - long hour , and surest guard Against Disease and Death . Death tho ' denounc'd , Was yet a distant ill , by feeble arm Of ...
... ( ev'n in wrath So merciful is Heav'n ) this toil became The solace of his woes , the sweet employ Of many a live - long hour , and surest guard Against Disease and Death . Death tho ' denounc'd , Was yet a distant ill , by feeble arm Of ...
Page 98
... Ev'n in the smile of Peace , that smile which sheds A heavenly sunshine o'er the soul , there basks That serpent Luxury . War its thousand slays ; Peace its ten thousands . In the embattled plain , Thoug Death exults , and claps his ...
... Ev'n in the smile of Peace , that smile which sheds A heavenly sunshine o'er the soul , there basks That serpent Luxury . War its thousand slays ; Peace its ten thousands . In the embattled plain , Thoug Death exults , and claps his ...
Page 99
... ev'n thus , thus rather perish still , Ye sons of Pleasure by the Almighty stricken , Than ever dare ( though oft , alas ! ye dare ) To lift against yourselves the murderous steel , To wrest from God's own hand the sword of Justice ...
... ev'n thus , thus rather perish still , Ye sons of Pleasure by the Almighty stricken , Than ever dare ( though oft , alas ! ye dare ) To lift against yourselves the murderous steel , To wrest from God's own hand the sword of Justice ...
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