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This truth , long slighted , let these ashes teach , Tho ' cold , instruct you , and tho '
silent preach : 0 pause ! reflect , repent , resolve , amend ! Life has no length ,
eternity no end ! Bel BI 1 ild 16 ON MISS DRUMMOND . - Mason . Here sleeps ...
This truth , long slighted , let these ashes teach , Tho ' cold , instruct you , and tho '
silent preach : 0 pause ! reflect , repent , resolve , amend ! Life has no length ,
eternity no end ! Bel BI 1 ild 16 ON MISS DRUMMOND . - Mason . Here sleeps ...
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... in thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , Heaven - born , and
destined to the skies again . Thou art not known where Pleasure is adored , That
reeling goddess with the zoneless waist And wandering eyes , still leaning on the
...
... in thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , Heaven - born , and
destined to the skies again . Thou art not known where Pleasure is adored , That
reeling goddess with the zoneless waist And wandering eyes , still leaning on the
...
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In native lustre bright let Truth appear , With her pure beams illume the dark
unknown , And shew what man of future days can know , What is Futurity ? It is a
time By Heaven in mercy given , where all may find Their best , their truest good ;
the ...
In native lustre bright let Truth appear , With her pure beams illume the dark
unknown , And shew what man of future days can know , What is Futurity ? It is a
time By Heaven in mercy given , where all may find Their best , their truest good ;
the ...
Page 204
... And make each day a critic on the last . ' Tis not enough your counsel still be
true ; Blunt truths more mischief ... Without good breeding truth is disapprov'd ,
That only makes superior sense belov'd . Immodest words admit of no defence ,
For ...
... And make each day a critic on the last . ' Tis not enough your counsel still be
true ; Blunt truths more mischief ... Without good breeding truth is disapprov'd ,
That only makes superior sense belov'd . Immodest words admit of no defence ,
For ...
Page 215
-Too early to instil The love of truth'in ev'ry gen'rous mind ; Or fright from
falsehood those of baser kind ? Is virtue so congenial to the soul , That no
instruction's wanted , no control ? 1 On sound religion all his hopes were plac'ds
Which to ...
-Too early to instil The love of truth'in ev'ry gen'rous mind ; Or fright from
falsehood those of baser kind ? Is virtue so congenial to the soul , That no
instruction's wanted , no control ? 1 On sound religion all his hopes were plac'ds
Which to ...
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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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