Elegant Extracts: Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry Selected for Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing, and in the Conduct of Life |
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... fate ; Haply fome hoary - headed swain may fay , " Oft have we feen him , at the peep of dawn , Brufhing , with hafty fteps , the dews away , To meet the fun upon the upland lawn . There , at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That ...
... fate ; Haply fome hoary - headed swain may fay , " Oft have we feen him , at the peep of dawn , Brufhing , with hafty fteps , the dews away , To meet the fun upon the upland lawn . There , at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That ...
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... fate Shall make reflection plead too late , My erring fenfes teach , Amidit the fatt'ring hopes of youth , To meditate the folemn truth These awful relies preach . Thy penetrating beams difperfe The mist of error , whence our fears ...
... fate Shall make reflection plead too late , My erring fenfes teach , Amidit the fatt'ring hopes of youth , To meditate the folemn truth These awful relies preach . Thy penetrating beams difperfe The mist of error , whence our fears ...
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... fate That thunders through the sky . Protected by that hand , whose law The threat'ning forms obey , Intrepid Virtue fimiles fecure , As in the blaze of day . In the thick clouds tremendous gloom , The lightning's lurid glare , It views ...
... fate That thunders through the sky . Protected by that hand , whose law The threat'ning forms obey , Intrepid Virtue fimiles fecure , As in the blaze of day . In the thick clouds tremendous gloom , The lightning's lurid glare , It views ...
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... fate ; Effulgent excellence difplay , Like Halifax , in floods of day ; Our leffer orbs may pour their light , Like the mild crefcent of the night . Tho ' pale our beams , and finall our sphere , Still we may fhine ferene and clear ...
... fate ; Effulgent excellence difplay , Like Halifax , in floods of day ; Our leffer orbs may pour their light , Like the mild crefcent of the night . Tho ' pale our beams , and finall our sphere , Still we may fhine ferene and clear ...
Page 45
... fate ; His hand a flaming taper bore , That facred fymbol fam'd of yore . Virtue , adorn'd with ev'ry charm , Suftain'd the god's incumbent arm ; Beauty improv'd the glowing scene With all the roles of eighteen : Youth led the gaily ...
... fate ; His hand a flaming taper bore , That facred fymbol fam'd of yore . Virtue , adorn'd with ev'ry charm , Suftain'd the god's incumbent arm ; Beauty improv'd the glowing scene With all the roles of eighteen : Youth led the gaily ...
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beauty behold bleffings bleft blifs blood bofom breaft breath charms death divine doth earth eternal Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fcorn fear fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhould fide fighs fight filent fing fire firft fkies flain fleep fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftill ftream fuch fure fweet grace hand hath heart Heav'n honour juft king laft lefs loft lord lyre mind moft Mufe muft muſt nature ne'er night nymph o'er paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride reafon reft rife rofe ſcene ſhall ſkies ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro Twas vafe virtue whofe wife wind wings worfe youth