Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... kind , And taint the sweetness of the youthful mind . Ungovern'd passions , jealousy and rage , But ill become our sex , still less our age ; Whether we learn too well what we describe , Or fail the Poet's meaning to imbibe ; In either ...
... kind , And taint the sweetness of the youthful mind . Ungovern'd passions , jealousy and rage , But ill become our sex , still less our age ; Whether we learn too well what we describe , Or fail the Poet's meaning to imbibe ; In either ...
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... kind ; To burn with unremitted ardour still , Like him to execute their Maker's will ; Then let us , Power Supreme ! thy will adore , Invoke thy mercies , and proclaim thy power . Shalt thou these benefits in vain bestow ? Shall we ...
... kind ; To burn with unremitted ardour still , Like him to execute their Maker's will ; Then let us , Power Supreme ! thy will adore , Invoke thy mercies , and proclaim thy power . Shalt thou these benefits in vain bestow ? Shall we ...
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... kind Providence , virtue and health ; Then , richer than kings , and as happy as they My days shall pass sweetly and swiftly away . When age shall steal on me , and youth is no more , And the moralist Time shakes his glass at my door ...
... kind Providence , virtue and health ; Then , richer than kings , and as happy as they My days shall pass sweetly and swiftly away . When age shall steal on me , and youth is no more , And the moralist Time shakes his glass at my door ...
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... kind Heaven , the age to mend , A new edition of them send , Before our tottering Castles fall , And swarming Nabobs seize on all ! Some little whims he had , ' tis true , But they were harmless , and were few ; He dreaded nought like ...
... kind Heaven , the age to mend , A new edition of them send , Before our tottering Castles fall , And swarming Nabobs seize on all ! Some little whims he had , ' tis true , But they were harmless , and were few ; He dreaded nought like ...
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... kind ; Yet go he must ; he must fulfil The hard conditions of the will : Go , at that precious hour of prime , Go , at that swarming , bustling time , When the full town to joy invites , Distracted with its own delights ; When pleasure ...
... kind ; Yet go he must ; he must fulfil The hard conditions of the will : Go , at that precious hour of prime , Go , at that swarming , bustling time , When the full town to joy invites , Distracted with its own delights ; When pleasure ...
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