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... soothe your pangs , and wing you to the skies . ' LXXI . They silent heard , and pour'd their thanks in tears : ' For you , ( resumed the knight , with sterner tone ) Whose hard dry hearts the obdurate demon sears , That villain's gifts ...
... soothe your pangs , and wing you to the skies . ' LXXI . They silent heard , and pour'd their thanks in tears : ' For you , ( resumed the knight , with sterner tone ) Whose hard dry hearts the obdurate demon sears , That villain's gifts ...
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... soothe thine ear , Like thy own brawling springs , Thy springs , and dying gales ; O Nymph reserved , while now the bright - hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent , whose cloudy skirts , With brede ethereal wove , O'erhang his wavy bed ...
... soothe thine ear , Like thy own brawling springs , Thy springs , and dying gales ; O Nymph reserved , while now the bright - hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent , whose cloudy skirts , With brede ethereal wove , O'erhang his wavy bed ...
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... that lowly ground , Till notes of triumph bursting round Proclaim her reign restored ; Till William seek the sad retreat , And , bleeding at her sacred feet , Present the sated sword . If , weak to soothe so soft a heart , 30 COLLINS . 30.
... that lowly ground , Till notes of triumph bursting round Proclaim her reign restored ; Till William seek the sad retreat , And , bleeding at her sacred feet , Present the sated sword . If , weak to soothe so soft a heart , 30 COLLINS . 30.
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British anthology. If , weak to soothe so soft a heart , These pictured glories naught impart To dry thy constant tear ; If yet , in Sorrow's distant eye , Exposed and pale thou seest him lie , Wild War insulting near : Where'er from ...
British anthology. If , weak to soothe so soft a heart , These pictured glories naught impart To dry thy constant tear ; If yet , in Sorrow's distant eye , Exposed and pale thou seest him lie , Wild War insulting near : Where'er from ...
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... soothe his pensive ear . If , bound by vows to Friendship's gentle side , And fond of soul , thou hopest an equal grace , If youth or maid thy joys and griefs divide , O , much entreated , leave this fatal place ! Sweet Peace , who long ...
... soothe his pensive ear . If , bound by vows to Friendship's gentle side , And fond of soul , thou hopest an equal grace , If youth or maid thy joys and griefs divide , O , much entreated , leave this fatal place ! Sweet Peace , who long ...
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Page 23 - Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 29 - Fill high the sparkling bowl. The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast : Close by the regal chair Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest.
Page 18 - Aeolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take: The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales and Ceres...
Page 25 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please.
Page 22 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 15 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy! Sure these denote one universal joy!
Page 94 - The powers of man : we feel within ourselves His energy divine : he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being : to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Page 8 - E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; And plac'd on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear; Lakes, forests, cities, plains extending wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride. When thus Creation's charms around combine, Amidst the store, should thankless Pride repine ? Say, should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school-taught pride dissemble all it can, These...