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Whom your own children never knew ; Who less the blessed sun esteem Than
lamps ' and tapers ? greasy gleam ; Ye morning gamesters , walkers , riders , Say
, are ye pelicans or spiders ? THE CAMELEON.Merrick . Oft has it been my lot to
...
Whom your own children never knew ; Who less the blessed sun esteem Than
lamps ' and tapers ? greasy gleam ; Ye morning gamesters , walkers , riders , Say
, are ye pelicans or spiders ? THE CAMELEON.Merrick . Oft has it been my lot to
...
Page 168
And , from the prayer of want , and plaint of woe , “ O never , never turn away
thine ear , “ Forlorn , in this bleak wilderness below , " Ah ! what were man ,
should Heaven refuse to hear ! “ To others do ( the law is not severe ) • “ What to
thyself ...
And , from the prayer of want , and plaint of woe , “ O never , never turn away
thine ear , “ Forlorn , in this bleak wilderness below , " Ah ! what were man ,
should Heaven refuse to hear ! “ To others do ( the law is not severe ) • “ What to
thyself ...
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But the sound of the church - going bell These valleys and rocks never heard ;
Never sighed at the sound of a knell , Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd . Ye
winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some
cordial ...
But the sound of the church - going bell These valleys and rocks never heard ;
Never sighed at the sound of a knell , Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd . Ye
winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some
cordial ...
Page 184
... nor e'er with envy . view That calm which cold indifference seems to share ,
And think those happy who can never lose The good they never knew ; for joys
like these Refine , ennoble , elevate the mind , And never , never shall
succeeding ...
... nor e'er with envy . view That calm which cold indifference seems to share ,
And think those happy who can never lose The good they never knew ; for joys
like these Refine , ennoble , elevate the mind , And never , never shall
succeeding ...
Page 213
And from the prayer of want and plaint of woe , O never , never turn away thine
ear . O Edwin , while thy heart is yet sincere , Th ' assaults of discontent and
doubt repel . Dark even at noon - tide is our mortal sphere , But let us hope , -to
doubt is ...
And from the prayer of want and plaint of woe , O never , never turn away thine
ear . O Edwin , while thy heart is yet sincere , Th ' assaults of discontent and
doubt repel . Dark even at noon - tide is our mortal sphere , But let us hope , -to
doubt is ...
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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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