The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... Happiness and Obscurity , with an income of forty pounds a year . I now perceive , my dear brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ...
... Happiness and Obscurity , with an income of forty pounds a year . I now perceive , my dear brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ...
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... happiness in states , that are differently governed from our own ; that every state has a particular principle of happiness , and that this prin- ciple in each may be carried to a mischievous excess . There are few can judge , better ...
... happiness in states , that are differently governed from our own ; that every state has a particular principle of happiness , and that this prin- ciple in each may be carried to a mischievous excess . There are few can judge , better ...
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... happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shudd'ring tenant of the ...
... happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shudd'ring tenant of the ...
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... happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes , where Cæsars once bore sway , Defac'd by time and tottering in decay , There in the ruin , heedless of the dead , The shelter - seeking peasant builds his shed , And , wond'ring man ...
... happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes , where Cæsars once bore sway , Defac'd by time and tottering in decay , There in the ruin , heedless of the dead , The shelter - seeking peasant builds his shed , And , wond'ring man ...
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... happiness endear'd each scene ; How often have I paus'd on every charm , The shelter'd cot , the cultivated farm , The never - failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topp'd the neighbouring hill , The hawthorn bush ...
... happiness endear'd each scene ; How often have I paus'd on every charm , The shelter'd cot , the cultivated farm , The never - failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topp'd the neighbouring hill , The hawthorn bush ...
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