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Whene'er he mixt among the youthful train , Say , did not pleasure sparkle in his
eye ? But ah ! how soon the pleasure turned to pain ! He died ; -- reflect ! repent !
-Ye soon may die ! While , as on his , with softest zephyrs fann'd 60 Elegies .
Whene'er he mixt among the youthful train , Say , did not pleasure sparkle in his
eye ? But ah ! how soon the pleasure turned to pain ! He died ; -- reflect ! repent !
-Ye soon may die ! While , as on his , with softest zephyrs fann'd 60 Elegies .
Page 123
... unheeded , unawares , Brought on his eightieth year . And now one night , in
musing mood , As all alone he sate , The unwelcome messenger of fate Once
more before him stood . Half killed with anger and surprise , “ So soon returned ?
... unheeded , unawares , Brought on his eightieth year . And now one night , in
musing mood , As all alone he sate , The unwelcome messenger of fate Once
more before him stood . Half killed with anger and surprise , “ So soon returned ?
Page 163
Perhaps as here I sit And rudely carol these incondite lays , Soon shalt the hand
be checked , and dumb the mouth That lisps the fault'ring strain . O ! may it ne'er
Intrude unwelcome on an ill - spent hour ; But find me wrapt in meditations high ...
Perhaps as here I sit And rudely carol these incondite lays , Soon shalt the hand
be checked , and dumb the mouth That lisps the fault'ring strain . O ! may it ne'er
Intrude unwelcome on an ill - spent hour ; But find me wrapt in meditations high ...
Page 168
Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn , « And Spring shall soon her vital
influence shed , Again attune the grove , again adorn the mead . “ Shall I be left
abandon'd in the dust , “ When Fate , relenting , lets the flower revive ? “ Shall
Nature's ...
Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn , « And Spring shall soon her vital
influence shed , Again attune the grove , again adorn the mead . “ Shall I be left
abandon'd in the dust , “ When Fate , relenting , lets the flower revive ? “ Shall
Nature's ...
Page 179
Society , friendship , and love , Divinely bestowed upon man , O had I the wings
of a dove , How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage
In the ways of religion and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age , Ånd be ...
Society , friendship , and love , Divinely bestowed upon man , O had I the wings
of a dove , How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage
In the ways of religion and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age , Ånd be ...
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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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