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Page 293
... hand may discipline the shoots , None but his steel approach them . What is weak , Distempered , or has lost prolific powers , Impaired by age , his unrelenting hand Dooms to the knife : nor does he spare the soft And succulent , that ...
... hand may discipline the shoots , None but his steel approach them . What is weak , Distempered , or has lost prolific powers , Impaired by age , his unrelenting hand Dooms to the knife : nor does he spare the soft And succulent , that ...
Page 724
... hand that wrote it , and also has its date appended by Johnson " August 21 , after supper . " Bound up with the MS . is a fair copy of them , part of which is in John Johnson's hand . It is , however , of no authority , as it frequently ...
... hand that wrote it , and also has its date appended by Johnson " August 21 , after supper . " Bound up with the MS . is a fair copy of them , part of which is in John Johnson's hand . It is , however , of no authority , as it frequently ...
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... hand , here gives Hayley's rendering though in many other cases it does not give the latest corrections , even ... hand is in the British Museum ( Add . MSS . , 24,154 , ii . 150 ) . In the third line it omits the word " for " ; in the ...
... hand , here gives Hayley's rendering though in many other cases it does not give the latest corrections , even ... hand is in the British Museum ( Add . MSS . , 24,154 , ii . 150 ) . In the third line it omits the word " for " ; in the ...
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beauty beneath Benham blest boast Bodham breast British Museum charms Child & Co DEAR FRIEND death delight divine dream earth edition eyes fair fame fancy fear feel give glory grace hand happy hast Hayley Hayley's hear heart heaven Hill Homer honour hope John Fenn John Gilpin John Johnson Joseph Hill labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh letter lines live Lord lyre mind Muse nature never Newton night numbers o'er Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poet's praise printed prove rest scene scorn seems shade shine skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Southey stanza sweet Task tell thee theme thine things thou art thought translation truth Unwin Vaughan Johnson verse Vincent Bourne virtue Weston Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish Yaxham youth