Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... eternal praise , The Poets , who on earth have made us heirs Of truth , and pure delight , by heavenly lays . " WORDSWORTH . GLASGOW : ROBERT FORRESTER , STOCKWELL . PREFACE . NUMEROUS as are the volumes of Poetical Selections 1865 .
... eternal praise , The Poets , who on earth have made us heirs Of truth , and pure delight , by heavenly lays . " WORDSWORTH . GLASGOW : ROBERT FORRESTER , STOCKWELL . PREFACE . NUMEROUS as are the volumes of Poetical Selections 1865 .
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... the realms supernal ! Are you on the road To that blest abode Of happiness eternal ? That true agapemoné , Such as here can never be ? B Waller . Phillips . Egone . 2 ABJECT . ABRIDGE . АВЈЕСТ . THE rarer thy CYCLOPEDIA ...
... the realms supernal ! Are you on the road To that blest abode Of happiness eternal ? That true agapemoné , Such as here can never be ? B Waller . Phillips . Egone . 2 ABJECT . ABRIDGE . АВЈЕСТ . THE rarer thy CYCLOPEDIA ...
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... eternal sleep ; Milton . Here grief forgets to groan , and love to weep ; Even superstition loses every fear : For God , not man , absolves our frailties here . Pope . ABSTEMIOUSNESS - ABSTINENCE . His life is paralleled E'en with the ...
... eternal sleep ; Milton . Here grief forgets to groan , and love to weep ; Even superstition loses every fear : For God , not man , absolves our frailties here . Pope . ABSTEMIOUSNESS - ABSTINENCE . His life is paralleled E'en with the ...
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... left of follies past ; For worthless things are transient . Those that last Have in them germs of an eternal spirit , And out of good their permanence inherit . Baseness is mutability's ally , But the sublime affections never.
... left of follies past ; For worthless things are transient . Those that last Have in them germs of an eternal spirit , And out of good their permanence inherit . Baseness is mutability's ally , But the sublime affections never.
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... eternal gain . Then let our joys Be tremulous as the mimosa leaf , And each affliction with a serious smile Be welcomed in at the heart's open door , As the good patriarch met his muffled guests , And found them angels . Sigourney ...
... eternal gain . Then let our joys Be tremulous as the mimosa leaf , And each affliction with a serious smile Be welcomed in at the heart's open door , As the good patriarch met his muffled guests , And found them angels . Sigourney ...
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