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Page 224
... never - ending rest . " Love kindles as I gaze . I feel defires " That give affurance of their own success , " And that infused from heav'n , must thither tend . ” So reads he nature whom the lamp of truth Illuminates . Thy lamp ...
... never - ending rest . " Love kindles as I gaze . I feel defires " That give affurance of their own success , " And that infused from heav'n , must thither tend . ” So reads he nature whom the lamp of truth Illuminates . Thy lamp ...
Page 264
... never meant , was never used before To buckram out the mem'ry of a man . But hush ! -the mufe perhaps is too fevere , And with a gravity beyond the fize And measure of th ' offence , rebukes a deed Lefs impious than abfurd , and owing ...
... never meant , was never used before To buckram out the mem'ry of a man . But hush ! -the mufe perhaps is too fevere , And with a gravity beyond the fize And measure of th ' offence , rebukes a deed Lefs impious than abfurd , and owing ...
Page 274
... never lift the sword , Nor cunning justify the proud man's wrong , Leaving the poor no remedy but tears . Where he that fills an office , fhall esteem Th ' occafion it presents of doing good More than the perquifite . Where law shall ...
... never lift the sword , Nor cunning justify the proud man's wrong , Leaving the poor no remedy but tears . Where he that fills an office , fhall esteem Th ' occafion it presents of doing good More than the perquifite . Where law shall ...
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