The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... hour to spend ; And , plac'd on high above the storm's career , Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes , forests , cities , plains extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus Creation's ...
... hour to spend ; And , plac'd on high above the storm's career , Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes , forests , cities , plains extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus Creation's ...
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... hour . Dames of ancient days Alike all ages . Have led their children through the mirthful maze , And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore . So bless'd a life these thoughtless ...
... hour . Dames of ancient days Alike all ages . Have led their children through the mirthful maze , And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore . So bless'd a life these thoughtless ...
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... hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ...
... hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ...
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... hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm desires that ask'd but little room , 70 Those healthful sports that ... hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here as I take my solitary rounds , Amidst thy tangling walks ...
... hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm desires that ask'd but little room , 70 Those healthful sports that ... hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here as I take my solitary rounds , Amidst thy tangling walks ...
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... power , By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize , More skill'd to raise the wretched than to rise . IIO 120 130 140 His house was known to all the vagrant train , 16 OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
... power , By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize , More skill'd to raise the wretched than to rise . IIO 120 130 140 His house was known to all the vagrant train , 16 OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
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