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" And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seemed to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded not, nor gaud nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy. Silent, when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely... "
The Canary Bird: A Moral Fiction : Interspersed with Poetry - Page 96
by Edward Augustus Kendall - 1799 - 148 pages
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The Minstrel, Or, The Progress of Genius, with Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy. Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad, And now he laughed...yet none knew why. The neighbours stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad: Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him. mad. XVII. But why should...
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The minstrel; or, The progress of genius: with some other poems

James Beattie - 1805 - 178 pages
...toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy. Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad, And now he laughed...yet none knew why. The neighbours stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad : Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. XVII. But why should...
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The Monthly Register, Magazine, and Review, of the ..., Volume 2, Issues 1-6

1807 - 442 pages
...toy, Save one shoirt pipe of rudest minstrelsy : Silent when glad, affectionate, though shy, And, now, his look was most demurely sad, And, now, he laughed aloud, yet none knew why : The neighbours star'd, and sigh'cl, yet blessed the lad, Some deem'd him wondrous wise, and some believ'd him mad.'"...
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The Minstrel: Or, The Progress of Genius: and Other Poems

James Beattie - 1821 - 230 pages
...pipe of rudest minstrelsy. Silent when glad ;. affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was roost demurely sad, And now he laughed aloud, yet none knew why, The neighbours stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad: Som e deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. But why should I his...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

1836 - 558 pages
...Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy. - Silent, when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad, And now he laughed...yet none knew why; The neighbours stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad ; Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. XVII. But why should...
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Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit ..., Volume 2

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 pages
...toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy : Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad ; And now he laughed aloud, yet none knew why. The neighbours star'd and sigh'd, yet bless'd the lad ; Some deem'd him wond'rous wise, and some believ'd him mad....
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Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit ..., Volume 2

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 380 pages
...toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy : Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad ; And now he laughed...aloud, yet none knew why. The neighbours stared and sigh'd, yet bless'd the lad ; Some deem'd him wond'rous wise, and some believ'd him mad. But why should...
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Delusion: Or, The Witch of New England ...

Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1840 - 186 pages
...Deep thought oft seemed to fix his infant eye ; Silent when glad, affectionate, though shy: And now his look was most demurely sad, And now he laughed aloud, yet none knew why. The neighbors stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad; Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy ; Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now yet blessed the lad ; Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. But why should I his...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...toy, Sare one abort pipe of rudest minstrelsy ; Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now ongue mute, my fancy paint no more, And, dead to joy,...my heart to beat. Should fate command me to the f yet blessed the 1ml ; Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mod. But why should I his...
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