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Page 15
We bear our shades about us ; self - deprived Of other screen , the thin umbrella
spread , And range an Indian waste without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he
spares me yet These chesnuts ranged in corresponding lines ; And , though
himself ...
We bear our shades about us ; self - deprived Of other screen , the thin umbrella
spread , And range an Indian waste without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he
spares me yet These chesnuts ranged in corresponding lines ; And , though
himself ...
Page 17
The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the lord of this enclosed
demesne , Communicative of the good he owns , Admits me to a share ; the
guiltless eye Commits no wrong , nor wastes what it enjoys . Refreshing change ...
The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the lord of this enclosed
demesne , Communicative of the good he owns , Admits me to a share ; the
guiltless eye Commits no wrong , nor wastes what it enjoys . Refreshing change ...
Page 23
She heard the doleful tidings of his deathAnd never smiled again ! and now - she
roams The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when
charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter ' d apron hides , Worn as a cloak ...
She heard the doleful tidings of his deathAnd never smiled again ! and now - she
roams The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when
charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter ' d apron hides , Worn as a cloak ...
Page 27
She tells me too , that duly every morn Thou climb ' st the mountain top , with
eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste , For sight of ship from
England . Every speck Seen in the dim horizon turns thee pale With conflict of
contending ...
She tells me too , that duly every morn Thou climb ' st the mountain top , with
eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste , For sight of ship from
England . Every speck Seen in the dim horizon turns thee pale With conflict of
contending ...
Page 35
Such evil Sin hath wrought ; and such a flame Kindled in Heaven that it burns
down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes i On God ' s behalf , lays
waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister
of ...
Such evil Sin hath wrought ; and such a flame Kindled in Heaven that it burns
down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes i On God ' s behalf , lays
waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister
of ...
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