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If in those who admire his soaring origiual genius , whose hearts have been
touched by the sweetly simple , yet ... of his magnanimous heart , we can but
increase that love , reverence , and admiration , our object will be accomplished .
If in those who admire his soaring origiual genius , whose hearts have been
touched by the sweetly simple , yet ... of his magnanimous heart , we can but
increase that love , reverence , and admiration , our object will be accomplished .
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The voice of earnest and affectionate warning , the direct appeal to their own
hearts , and the accents of promised ... Friendship is not always an empty name ;
its cords binding heart to heart , though fine as thread of gossamer and soft as
silk ...
The voice of earnest and affectionate warning , the direct appeal to their own
hearts , and the accents of promised ... Friendship is not always an empty name ;
its cords binding heart to heart , though fine as thread of gossamer and soft as
silk ...
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A sorry sight it is , to behold human actions and events stripped of all their
specious names , and the human heart laid bare before our view . The miseries
and follies of mankind are full enough , 10 draw a sigh from the cold heart of the
veriest ...
A sorry sight it is , to behold human actions and events stripped of all their
specious names , and the human heart laid bare before our view . The miseries
and follies of mankind are full enough , 10 draw a sigh from the cold heart of the
veriest ...
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The generous deeds of the poor man are not likely to be prompted by a hollow
heart . In military life , the coward may fight as valiantly from necessity , as the true
hero from choice ; but if it be known that he is a coward at heart , no one honors ...
The generous deeds of the poor man are not likely to be prompted by a hollow
heart . In military life , the coward may fight as valiantly from necessity , as the true
hero from choice ; but if it be known that he is a coward at heart , no one honors ...
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For many years , o ' er your kind hearts , We ' ve held a peaceful sway , And
warmer yet our love has grown With each ... Then audience lend , and while I
speak Each heart , let pity melt , Think of your own elysian state ; Of pains by
mortals felt ...
For many years , o ' er your kind hearts , We ' ve held a peaceful sway , And
warmer yet our love has grown With each ... Then audience lend , and while I
speak Each heart , let pity melt , Think of your own elysian state ; Of pains by
mortals felt ...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
Page 325 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.