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Though the multitude may never Come to hearken to the strain ; Though to him
who toileth ever All thy singing be in vain ; Though the merchant's gains and
losses Fill his heart , and close his ears ; Though ambitious pride engrosses
Noble ...
Though the multitude may never Come to hearken to the strain ; Though to him
who toileth ever All thy singing be in vain ; Though the merchant's gains and
losses Fill his heart , and close his ears ; Though ambitious pride engrosses
Noble ...
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I never looked a last adieu To things familiar , but my heart Shrunk with a feeling
almost pain , E'en from their lifelessness to part . Caroline Bowles . Vanish'd , like
dew - drops from the spray , Are moments which in beauty flew ; I cast life's ...
I never looked a last adieu To things familiar , but my heart Shrunk with a feeling
almost pain , E'en from their lifelessness to part . Caroline Bowles . Vanish'd , like
dew - drops from the spray , Are moments which in beauty flew ; I cast life's ...
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Oh , Guzman ! pity never wore grey hairs , But died in ' ts youth ! Trust not in
furrowed brow ; For time digs pits where hate and cunning sleep ; And sixty
winter winds can ne'er pass by , And leave the heart still warm . Āge is a grave ,
Where ...
Oh , Guzman ! pity never wore grey hairs , But died in ' ts youth ! Trust not in
furrowed brow ; For time digs pits where hate and cunning sleep ; And sixty
winter winds can ne'er pass by , And leave the heart still warm . Āge is a grave ,
Where ...
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... Alternating Elysian brightness With deep and dreadful night ; the sea Foams in
broad billows from the deep Up to the rocks ; and rocks and ocean , Onward ,
with spheres that never sleep , Are hurried in eternal motion . Shelley , from
Goethe ...
... Alternating Elysian brightness With deep and dreadful night ; the sea Foams in
broad billows from the deep Up to the rocks ; and rocks and ocean , Onward ,
with spheres that never sleep , Are hurried in eternal motion . Shelley , from
Goethe ...
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What various wants on power attend ! Ambition never gains its end . Who hath
not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And , barr'd from every
use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . Gay . D 34 AMBITION
...
What various wants on power attend ! Ambition never gains its end . Who hath
not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And , barr'd from every
use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . Gay . D 34 AMBITION
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| Title | Cyclopędia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. Adams |
| Author | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Editor | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Publisher | Robert Forrester, 1865 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 16 pages |
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