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Page 364
... wish in ev'ry heart , That wish , on some fair future day , Which fate shall brightly gild , ( ' Tis blameless , be it what it may ) I wish it all fulfill'd . The Gift - 5 is ] were 1788 . 7 ingenuous 1788 . 12 whole ] full 1788 . 13 is ...
... wish in ev'ry heart , That wish , on some fair future day , Which fate shall brightly gild , ( ' Tis blameless , be it what it may ) I wish it all fulfill'd . The Gift - 5 is ] were 1788 . 7 ingenuous 1788 . 12 whole ] full 1788 . 13 is ...
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... wish'd as I did , And therefore this union of hands Not a whisper was heard to forbid , But all cry Amen to the bands . Since , therefore , I seem to incur No danger of wishing in vain When making good wishes for her , I will e'en to my ...
... wish'd as I did , And therefore this union of hands Not a whisper was heard to forbid , But all cry Amen to the bands . Since , therefore , I seem to incur No danger of wishing in vain When making good wishes for her , I will e'en to my ...
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... wish is there , But burns with zeal that hated self may fall ; Such is the sad inquietude I share , 24 32 40 A sea of doubts , and self the source of all . 48 I ask not life , nor do I wish to die ; And if thine hand accomplish not my ...
... wish is there , But burns with zeal that hated self may fall ; Such is the sad inquietude I share , 24 32 40 A sea of doubts , and self the source of all . 48 I ask not life , nor do I wish to die ; And if thine hand accomplish not my ...
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