Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page 32
... once a year , In wild excefs the vulgar breast takes fire , Till buried in debauch , the blifs expire . But not their joys alone thus coarfely flow : Their morals , like their pleasures , are but low , For , as refinement ftops , from ...
... once a year , In wild excefs the vulgar breast takes fire , Till buried in debauch , the blifs expire . But not their joys alone thus coarfely flow : Their morals , like their pleasures , are but low , For , as refinement ftops , from ...
Page 33
... 275 And trims her robes of frize with copper lace ; Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer ,, To boast one fplendid banquet once a year ; The mind ftill turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor THE 33 TRAVELLER .
... 275 And trims her robes of frize with copper lace ; Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer ,, To boast one fplendid banquet once a year ; The mind ftill turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor THE 33 TRAVELLER .
Page 44
... may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peafantry , their country's pride , When once destroy'd , can never be supply'd . 55 * A time there was , ere England's griefs began 44 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
... may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peafantry , their country's pride , When once destroy'd , can never be supply'd . 55 * A time there was , ere England's griefs began 44 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
Page 45
... once the cottage ftood , the hawthorn grew , Remembrance wakes with all her busy train , Swells at my breaft , and turns the paft to pain . In all my wand'rings round this world of care , In all my griefs - and God has givʼn my share— I ...
... once the cottage ftood , the hawthorn grew , Remembrance wakes with all her busy train , Swells at my breaft , and turns the paft to pain . In all my wand'rings round this world of care , In all my griefs - and God has givʼn my share— I ...
Page 47
... once the garden fmil'd , And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild ; There , where a few torn fhrubs the place disclose , The village preacher's modeft mansion rofe . A man he was , to all the country dear , And paffing rich with ...
... once the garden fmil'd , And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild ; There , where a few torn fhrubs the place disclose , The village preacher's modeft mansion rofe . A man he was , to all the country dear , And paffing rich with ...
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