Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 - English poetry |
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... shows , “ Vary'd and multiply d , that group of woes : ' 200 " This endless foe to
gen'rous toil and pain “ Lolls on a couch for ease , but lolls in vain ; “ She muses o
'er her woe embroider'd vest , And self - abhorrence heightens in her breast .
... shows , “ Vary'd and multiply d , that group of woes : ' 200 " This endless foe to
gen'rous toil and pain “ Lolls on a couch for ease , but lolls in vain ; “ She muses o
'er her woe embroider'd vest , And self - abhorrence heightens in her breast .
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86 O fate of late repentance ! always vain ; Thy remedies but lull undying pain .
Where shall my hope find rest ? -No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence
with prayer ; 90 No Father's guardian hand my youth maintain's , Callid forth my ...
86 O fate of late repentance ! always vain ; Thy remedies but lull undying pain .
Where shall my hope find rest ? -No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence
with prayer ; 90 No Father's guardian hand my youth maintain's , Callid forth my ...
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trace ; The conscious cheek - no - rising blush confest , 25 Nor dwelt one thought
to pain the modest breast ; Kind and more kind did thus her bounty show'r , And
knew no limit bụt a bounded pow'r . This truth the widow's sighs , alas ! proclaim ...
trace ; The conscious cheek - no - rising blush confest , 25 Nor dwelt one thought
to pain the modest breast ; Kind and more kind did thus her bounty show'r , And
knew no limit bụt a bounded pow'r . This truth the widow's sighs , alas ! proclaim ...
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To the Right Hon Sir Robert Walpole | 151 |
To Mr John Dyer a Painter c | 159 |
To Aaron Hill Esq with the Tragedy of | 165 |
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