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Page 107
... sight , They cannot give it , or make darkness light . He reads wise lectures , and describes aloud A sense they know not , to the wondering crowd ; He talks of light , and the prismatic hues , As men of depth in erudition use ; But all ...
... sight , They cannot give it , or make darkness light . He reads wise lectures , and describes aloud A sense they know not , to the wondering crowd ; He talks of light , and the prismatic hues , As men of depth in erudition use ; But all ...
Page 142
... sight for Pity to peruse , Till she resemble faintly what she views , Till Sympathy contract a kindred pain , Pierced with the woes that she laments in vain . This , of all maladies that man infest , Claims most compassion , and ...
... sight for Pity to peruse , Till she resemble faintly what she views , Till Sympathy contract a kindred pain , Pierced with the woes that she laments in vain . This , of all maladies that man infest , Claims most compassion , and ...
Page 402
... sight , And even from suspicion . Then judge yourself , and prove your man As circumspectly as you can , And , having made election , Beware no negligence of yours , Such as a friend but ill endures , Enfeeble his affection . That ...
... sight , And even from suspicion . Then judge yourself , and prove your man As circumspectly as you can , And , having made election , Beware no negligence of yours , Such as a friend but ill endures , Enfeeble his affection . That ...
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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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Aspasio beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms death declension delight design'd distant divine docet dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory go snacks grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope Hophni and Phinehas hour JOHN GILPIN land latives learn'd liberty light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapinis rapture rest rude sacred scene scenes as fair scorn seem'd shew shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste Thaida thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er wind wisdom wonder worth youth