Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 - English poetry |
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... pain 2 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 . ** " To shun her care the force of sleep she tries . 205 " Still wakes her mind , tho ...
... pain 2 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 . ** " To shun her care the force of sleep she tries . 205 " Still wakes her mind , tho ...
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... pain . 86 Where shall my hope find rest ? -No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer ; ୨୦ 95 100 No Father's guardian hand my youth maintain'd , Call'd forth my virtues , or from vice restrain'd . Is it not thine to ...
... pain . 86 Where shall my hope find rest ? -No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer ; ୨୦ 95 100 No Father's guardian hand my youth maintain'd , Call'd forth my virtues , or from vice restrain'd . Is it not thine to ...
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... pain the modest breast ; Kind and more kind did thus her bounty show'r , And knew no limit but a bounded pow'r . This truth the widow's sighs , alas ! proclaim , For this the orphan's tears embalm her fame . The wise beheld her ...
... pain the modest breast ; Kind and more kind did thus her bounty show'r , And knew no limit but a bounded pow'r . This truth the widow's sighs , alas ! proclaim , For this the orphan's tears embalm her fame . The wise beheld her ...
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