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... fire The muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a ...
... fire The muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a ...
Page 129
... fire abated , which impels rash Youth , Proud of his speed , to overshoot the truth , As time improves the grape's authentic juice , Mellows and makes the speech more fit for use , And claims a reverence in its shortening day , That ...
... fire abated , which impels rash Youth , Proud of his speed , to overshoot the truth , As time improves the grape's authentic juice , Mellows and makes the speech more fit for use , And claims a reverence in its shortening day , That ...
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... fire , Bending as he swept the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre . X. She , with all a monarch's pride , Felt them in her bosom glow : Rush'd to battle , fought , and died ; Dying hurl'd them at the foe . XI . Ruffians , pitiless as ...
... fire , Bending as he swept the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre . X. She , with all a monarch's pride , Felt them in her bosom glow : Rush'd to battle , fought , and died ; Dying hurl'd them at the foe . XI . Ruffians , pitiless as ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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