The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
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... grace , And to be grave , exceeds all power of face . I sit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish and an aching head , And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This saving counsel , ' Keep your piece nine years . ' ' Nine ...
... grace , And to be grave , exceeds all power of face . I sit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish and an aching head , And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This saving counsel , ' Keep your piece nine years . ' ' Nine ...
Page 218
... grace designed To rescue from the ruin of mankind , Called for a cloud to darken all their years , And said , ' Go , spend them in the vale of tears . ' O balmy gales of soul - reviving air ! O salutary streams that murmur there ! These ...
... grace designed To rescue from the ruin of mankind , Called for a cloud to darken all their years , And said , ' Go , spend them in the vale of tears . ' O balmy gales of soul - reviving air ! O salutary streams that murmur there ! These ...
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... grace , And bids me curse my Maker to his face . I will not curse Him , though his grace delay ; I will not cease to trust Him , though he slay ; Full on his promised mercy I rely , For God MONTGOMERY . 291.
... grace , And bids me curse my Maker to his face . I will not curse Him , though his grace delay ; I will not cease to trust Him , though he slay ; Full on his promised mercy I rely , For God MONTGOMERY . 291.
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