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... Thou GOOD [ SELF ! O teach me what is good . Teach me THY- Save me from folly , vanity , and vice , From every low purfuit ! and feed foul With knowledge , confcious peace , and virtue Sacred , fubftantial , never - fading blifs ...
... Thou GOOD [ SELF ! O teach me what is good . Teach me THY- Save me from folly , vanity , and vice , From every low purfuit ! and feed foul With knowledge , confcious peace , and virtue Sacred , fubftantial , never - fading blifs ...
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... Thou , from the regions of eternal day , View'it all thy works at one immenfe furvey : Pleas'd thou behold'it the whole propensely tend To perfect happiness , its glorious end . If thou to earth but turn thy wrathful eyes , Her bafis ...
... Thou , from the regions of eternal day , View'it all thy works at one immenfe furvey : Pleas'd thou behold'it the whole propensely tend To perfect happiness , its glorious end . If thou to earth but turn thy wrathful eyes , Her bafis ...
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... thou gone ? Where hast thou hid thy many - spangled head , And the majestic menace of thine eyes Felt from afar ? pliant and pow'rlets now ; Like new - born infant bound up in his fwathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , That ...
... thou gone ? Where hast thou hid thy many - spangled head , And the majestic menace of thine eyes Felt from afar ? pliant and pow'rlets now ; Like new - born infant bound up in his fwathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , That ...
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... thou furly , and less gentle boatt Of thofe that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common sickness pulls thee down With greater cafe than e'er thou didst the ftripling That rafhly dar'd thee to th ' unequal fight . What groan ...
... thou furly , and less gentle boatt Of thofe that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common sickness pulls thee down With greater cafe than e'er thou didst the ftripling That rafhly dar'd thee to th ' unequal fight . What groan ...
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... thou engage the gods peculiar ' care ; O Hercules , th ' immortal powers adore ! With a pure heart , with facrifice and pray'r Attend their altars , and their aid implore . Or wouldst thou gain thy country's loud ap- plaufe , Lov'd as ...
... thou engage the gods peculiar ' care ; O Hercules , th ' immortal powers adore ! With a pure heart , with facrifice and pray'r Attend their altars , and their aid implore . Or wouldst thou gain thy country's loud ap- plaufe , Lov'd as ...
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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