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Yes , honoured youth ! in ev'ry gentle breast Thy name shall live for ages yet to
come : By ev'ry Muse thy worth shall be confest , And Virtue's self shall weep
upon thy tomb ! Tell then , blest spirit , tell the thoughtless crew , Who boast their
youth ...
Yes , honoured youth ! in ev'ry gentle breast Thy name shall live for ages yet to
come : By ev'ry Muse thy worth shall be confest , And Virtue's self shall weep
upon thy tomb ! Tell then , blest spirit , tell the thoughtless crew , Who boast their
youth ...
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Bless'd that abode , where want and pain repair , And ev'ry stranger finds a ready
chair ; Bless'd be those feasts , with simple plenty crown'd , When all the ruddy
family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at ...
Bless'd that abode , where want and pain repair , And ev'ry stranger finds a ready
chair ; Bless'd be those feasts , with simple plenty crown'd , When all the ruddy
family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at ...
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V. Ev'n in the loneliest wild , the deepest shade , Remote from ev'ry pleasing
social scene , New wonders rise , by Fancy's pow'r display'd ; She paints each
heavenly grace with gentle mein , , Celestial Truth , and Innocence serene , And
Hope ...
V. Ev'n in the loneliest wild , the deepest shade , Remote from ev'ry pleasing
social scene , New wonders rise , by Fancy's pow'r display'd ; She paints each
heavenly grace with gentle mein , , Celestial Truth , and Innocence serene , And
Hope ...
Page 237
... at Beauty's high command . Full many a path there was on ev'ry side , These
waste and wild , and those beset with flow'rs ; Where many a pilgrim wander'd far
and wide , Some bent to seek gay Pleasure's rosy bow'rs , , And some to gain ...
... at Beauty's high command . Full many a path there was on ev'ry side , These
waste and wild , and those beset with flow'rs ; Where many a pilgrim wander'd far
and wide , Some bent to seek gay Pleasure's rosy bow'rs , , And some to gain ...
Page 238
But many foes in ev'ry path were seen , Who strove by ev'ry art to stop the way ;
Here Indolence appear'd with vacant mien , And painted forms of terror and
dismay ; And there the Passions rose in dread array , And fill'd with clouds and ...
But many foes in ev'ry path were seen , Who strove by ev'ry art to stop the way ;
Here Indolence appear'd with vacant mien , And painted forms of terror and
dismay ; And there the Passions rose in dread array , And fill'd with clouds and ...
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| Title | Poems Divine and Moral |
| Author | John Bowdler |
| Compiled by | John Bowdler |
| Publisher | C. & J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2017 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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