The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... poor Irish clergyman , was born at Pallas , in County Longford , on 10th November 1728. After attending many small country schools in Ireland , he entered Trinity College , Dublin , as a sizar in 1744. Impatient of discipline , he was ...
... poor Irish clergyman , was born at Pallas , in County Longford , on 10th November 1728. After attending many small country schools in Ireland , he entered Trinity College , Dublin , as a sizar in 1744. Impatient of discipline , he was ...
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... poor , luxurious , though submissive , vain , Though grave , yet trifling , zealous , yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was ...
... poor , luxurious , though submissive , vain , Though grave , yet trifling , zealous , yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was ...
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... poor the peasant's hut , his feasts though small , He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal , To make him loathe ...
... poor the peasant's hut , his feasts though small , He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal , To make him loathe ...
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... poor , content , ungovernably bold ; War in each breast , and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound , my genius spreads her wing , And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where ...
... poor , content , ungovernably bold ; War in each breast , and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound , my genius spreads her wing , And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where ...
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... poor , and rich men rule the law ; The wealth of climes where savage nations roam , Pillag'd from slaves to purchase slaves at home ; Fear , pity , justice , indignation start , Tear off reserve , and bare my swelling heart ; Till half ...
... poor , and rich men rule the law ; The wealth of climes where savage nations roam , Pillag'd from slaves to purchase slaves at home ; Fear , pity , justice , indignation start , Tear off reserve , and bare my swelling heart ; Till half ...
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