Poems, Volume 2S.A. Oddy, 1814 - English poetry |
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Page 103
... rest , whom fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well - tanned hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn , Or scarlet crewel , in the cushion fixt ...
... rest , whom fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well - tanned hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn , Or scarlet crewel , in the cushion fixt ...
Page 120
... rest , To which he forfeits even the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and , its associate in the most ...
... rest , To which he forfeits even the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and , its associate in the most ...
Page 132
... rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to shew thee here With what superior skill we can ...
... rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to shew thee here With what superior skill we can ...
Page 144
... her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props : Alluding to the calamities in Jamaica . + August 18 , 1783 . Sympathy among Nations . And pillars of our planet seem 46 THE TASK .
... her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props : Alluding to the calamities in Jamaica . + August 18 , 1783 . Sympathy among Nations . And pillars of our planet seem 46 THE TASK .
Page 194
... rest are sober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discov'ries new and rare , Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An history describe the man , of whom Vanity of Pursuits . His ...
... rest are sober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discov'ries new and rare , Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An history describe the man , of whom Vanity of Pursuits . His ...
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