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... shades below . The University of Oxford bestowed upon him , unsolicited , the honorary title of LL.D. Besides , the " Essay on Truth " procured for its author the friendship of many eminent persons in England ; among others Dr Samuel ...
... shades below . The University of Oxford bestowed upon him , unsolicited , the honorary title of LL.D. Besides , the " Essay on Truth " procured for its author the friendship of many eminent persons in England ; among others Dr Samuel ...
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... shades of life explore ; Though many a sound and sight of woe annoy , And many a qualm of care his rising hopes destroy . V. Vigour from toil , from trouble patience grows . The weakly blossom , warm in summer bower , Some tints of ...
... shades of life explore ; Though many a sound and sight of woe annoy , And many a qualm of care his rising hopes destroy . V. Vigour from toil , from trouble patience grows . The weakly blossom , warm in summer bower , Some tints of ...
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... shades one pitying ray , To blast the fury of oppressive might , Melt the hard heart to love and mercy's sway , And cheer the wandering soul , and light him on the way ! " XXII . Silence ensued : and Edwin raised his eyes In tears , for ...
... shades one pitying ray , To blast the fury of oppressive might , Melt the hard heart to love and mercy's sway , And cheer the wandering soul , and light him on the way ! " XXII . Silence ensued : and Edwin raised his eyes In tears , for ...
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... shades of melancholy lower ; For solitude has many a dreary hour , Even when exempt from grief , remorse , and pain : Come often then ; for , haply , in my bower , Amusement , knowledge , wisdom thou may'st gain : If I one soul improve ...
... shades of melancholy lower ; For solitude has many a dreary hour , Even when exempt from grief , remorse , and pain : Come often then ; for , haply , in my bower , Amusement , knowledge , wisdom thou may'st gain : If I one soul improve ...
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... shades , O ye primeval groves ! Whose boughs to man his food and shelter lent , Pure in his pleasures , happy in his loves , His eye still smiling , and his heart content . Then , hand in hand , health , sport , and labour went . Nature ...
... shades , O ye primeval groves ! Whose boughs to man his food and shelter lent , Pure in his pleasures , happy in his loves , His eye still smiling , and his heart content . Then , hand in hand , health , sport , and labour went . Nature ...
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Page 173 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 184 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 253 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. And curs of low degree.
Page 193 - REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow — Or by the lazy Scheldt or wandering Po, Or onward where the rude Carinthian boor Against the houseless stranger shuts the door, Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies A weary waste expanding to the skies — Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 238 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring, A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 61 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of Winter I mourn ; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save.
Page 208 - ... humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 212 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 193 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 234 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.