Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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Page 22
... eyes delighted shall review Or Carmel's heights , or Sharon's flow'ry vales . I must remain in Babylon ; so Heaven , To whose awards I bow me , has decreed . I ne'er shall see thee , Salem : I am old ; And few and toilsomie are my days ...
... eyes delighted shall review Or Carmel's heights , or Sharon's flow'ry vales . I must remain in Babylon ; so Heaven , To whose awards I bow me , has decreed . I ne'er shall see thee , Salem : I am old ; And few and toilsomie are my days ...
Page 45
... eyes ; But when his coursers back he guides , The sinking Mercury quick subsides . A week he had resolved to stay , But found a week in every day ; Yet if the gentle maid was by , Faint pleasure glisten'd in his eye ; Whene'er she spoke ...
... eyes ; But when his coursers back he guides , The sinking Mercury quick subsides . A week he had resolved to stay , But found a week in every day ; Yet if the gentle maid was by , Faint pleasure glisten'd in his eye ; Whene'er she spoke ...
Page 46
... eyes profane shall ne'er invade ; No ! of thy dignity supreme , I , with " mysterious reverence , " deem ! Or , should I venture with rash hand , The vulgar would not understand ; None but th ' initiated know The raptures keen thy rites ...
... eyes profane shall ne'er invade ; No ! of thy dignity supreme , I , with " mysterious reverence , " deem ! Or , should I venture with rash hand , The vulgar would not understand ; None but th ' initiated know The raptures keen thy rites ...
Page 47
... eyes ; When once he got entirely clear From this enfeebling atmosphere ; His mind was braced , his spirits light , His heart was gay , his humour bright ; Thus feeling , at his inmost soul , The sweet reward of self - control ...
... eyes ; When once he got entirely clear From this enfeebling atmosphere ; His mind was braced , his spirits light , His heart was gay , his humour bright ; Thus feeling , at his inmost soul , The sweet reward of self - control ...
Page 49
... eyes ; Their miseries philosophic quirks deride , Slaves groan in pangs disown'd by Stoic pride . When the fierce sun darts vertical his beams , And thirst and hunger mix their wild extremes ; When the sharp iront wounds his inmost soul ...
... eyes ; Their miseries philosophic quirks deride , Slaves groan in pangs disown'd by Stoic pride . When the fierce sun darts vertical his beams , And thirst and hunger mix their wild extremes ; When the sharp iront wounds his inmost soul ...
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