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20 Here Poesy might wake her heav ' n - taught lyre , And look through Nature
with creative fire ; Here , to the wrongs of Fate half reconcild , Misfortune ' s
lighten ' d steps might wander wild ; And Disappointment , in these lonely bounds
, Find ...
20 Here Poesy might wake her heav ' n - taught lyre , And look through Nature
with creative fire ; Here , to the wrongs of Fate half reconcild , Misfortune ' s
lighten ' d steps might wander wild ; And Disappointment , in these lonely bounds
, Find ...
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The world looks indifferently on , makes the passing remark , and proceeds to the
next novel occurrence . Alas , madam ! who would wish for many years ? What is
it but to drag existence until our joys gradually expire , and leave us in a night ...
The world looks indifferently on , makes the passing remark , and proceeds to the
next novel occurrence . Alas , madam ! who would wish for many years ? What is
it but to drag existence until our joys gradually expire , and leave us in a night ...
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Good Lord , what is man ! for as simple he looks , Do but try to develope his
hooks and his crooks , With his depths and his shopws , his good and his evil , All
in all , he ' s a problem must puzzle the devil . 20 On his one ruling Passion Sir
Pope ...
Good Lord , what is man ! for as simple he looks , Do but try to develope his
hooks and his crooks , With his depths and his shopws , his good and his evil , All
in all , he ' s a problem must puzzle the devil . 20 On his one ruling Passion Sir
Pope ...
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And sic a Lord — lang Scotch ells twa , Our Peerage he o ' erlooks them a ' , As I
look o ' er my sonnet . But , oh ! for Hogarth ' s magic pow ' r ! To show Sir Bardie '
s willyart glow ' r , And how he star ' d and stammer ' d When goavan , as if led ...
And sic a Lord — lang Scotch ells twa , Our Peerage he o ' erlooks them a ' , As I
look o ' er my sonnet . But , oh ! for Hogarth ' s magic pow ' r ! To show Sir Bardie '
s willyart glow ' r , And how he star ' d and stammer ' d When goavan , as if led ...
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10 His twisted head look ' d backward on his way , And flagrant from the scourge ,
he grunted , ai ! Reluctant , E stalk ' d in ; with piteous race The jostling tears ran
down his honest face ! “ It may , perhaps , be worthy of notice that Lord Craig ...
10 His twisted head look ' d backward on his way , And flagrant from the scourge ,
he grunted , ai ! Reluctant , E stalk ' d in ; with piteous race The jostling tears ran
down his honest face ! “ It may , perhaps , be worthy of notice that Lord Craig ...
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| Title | The poetical works of Robert Burns. [With] (Memoir of Burns, by sir H. Nicolas). Volume 2 of The poetical works of Robert Burns. [With], sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas |
| Author | Robert Burns |
| Published | 1866 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2006 |
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