An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Lord Bolingbroke |
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... play , And bask and whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high , Or roll the planets through the boundless sky ; Art Some , less refined , beneath the moon's pale THE RAPE OF THE LOCK . 21.
... play , And bask and whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high , Or roll the planets through the boundless sky ; Art Some , less refined , beneath the moon's pale THE RAPE OF THE LOCK . 21.
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... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprisoned essences exhale : To draw fresh colors from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in showers A brighter ...
... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprisoned essences exhale : To draw fresh colors from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in showers A brighter ...
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... Less and less white its mark appears ! 1 When first our scanty years are told , It seems like pastime to grow old ; And , as youth counts the shining links , That Time around him binds so fast , Pleased with the task , he little thinks ...
... Less and less white its mark appears ! 1 When first our scanty years are told , It seems like pastime to grow old ; And , as youth counts the shining links , That Time around him binds so fast , Pleased with the task , he little thinks ...
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OF THE NATURE AND STATE OF | 9 |
OF THE NATURE AND STATE OF | 30 |
OF THE NATURE AND STATE OF | 70 |
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