PoemsSmith, 1830 - 451 sider |
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... thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee th ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if ...
... thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee th ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if ...
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... thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay , Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd ; Once Chatham saved ...
... thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay , Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd ; Once Chatham saved ...
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... Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Greybeard corrupter of our list'ning youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his ...
... Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Greybeard corrupter of our list'ning youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his ...
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... thou canst , one letter from the shades , One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . ' Tis ...
... thou canst , one letter from the shades , One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . ' Tis ...
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... Thou god of our idolatry , the Press ? By thee religion , liberty , and laws , Exert their influence , and advance their cause ; By thee worse plagues than Pharaoh's land be- fell , Diffused , make Earth the vestibule of Hell ; Thou ...
... Thou god of our idolatry , the Press ? By thee religion , liberty , and laws , Exert their influence , and advance their cause ; By thee worse plagues than Pharaoh's land be- fell , Diffused , make Earth the vestibule of Hell ; Thou ...
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