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... sure forlorn Wanting thee , that aidest more The god's victories than before All his panthers , and the brawls Of his piping Bacchanals . These , as stale , we disallow , Or judge of thee meant : only thou His true Indian conquest art ...
... sure forlorn Wanting thee , that aidest more The god's victories than before All his panthers , and the brawls Of his piping Bacchanals . These , as stale , we disallow , Or judge of thee meant : only thou His true Indian conquest art ...
Page 53
... sure a righteous zeal inspired The hand and head that penned and planned them , For all who understood , admired , And some who did not understand them . He wrote , too , in a quiet way , Small treatises and smaller verses ; And sage ...
... sure a righteous zeal inspired The hand and head that penned and planned them , For all who understood , admired , And some who did not understand them . He wrote , too , in a quiet way , Small treatises and smaller verses ; And sage ...
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... sure , But the fire there is bright and the air rather pure ; And the view I behold on a sunshiny day Is grand through the chimney - pots over the way . This snug little chamber is crammed in all nooks , With worthless old knicknacks ...
... sure , But the fire there is bright and the air rather pure ; And the view I behold on a sunshiny day Is grand through the chimney - pots over the way . This snug little chamber is crammed in all nooks , With worthless old knicknacks ...
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... Sure these were sights to tempt an anchorite ! What ! do I hear thy slender voice complain ? Thou wailest when I talk of beauty's light , As if it brought the memory of pain : Thou art a wayward being - well -- come near , And pour thy ...
... Sure these were sights to tempt an anchorite ! What ! do I hear thy slender voice complain ? Thou wailest when I talk of beauty's light , As if it brought the memory of pain : Thou art a wayward being - well -- come near , And pour thy ...
Page 71
... as I must , To quit this tempting lattice . Sure aim takes Cupid , fluttering foe , Across a street so narrow ; A thread of silk to string his bow , A needle for his arrow ! Ꮯ Ꭺ Ꭱ Ꭱ Ꭺ Ꭲ Ꮀ Ꮁ Ꭼ . MISCELLANEOUS . 71.
... as I must , To quit this tempting lattice . Sure aim takes Cupid , fluttering foe , Across a street so narrow ; A thread of silk to string his bow , A needle for his arrow ! Ꮯ Ꭺ Ꭱ Ꭱ Ꭺ Ꭲ Ꮀ Ꮁ Ꭼ . MISCELLANEOUS . 71.
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