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... rest are fober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discoveries new and rare . Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An hiftory : describe the man , of whom His own coevals took ...
... rest are fober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discoveries new and rare . Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An hiftory : describe the man , of whom His own coevals took ...
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... The magifterial sword in vain , and lays His reverence and his worship both to rest On the fame cushion of habitual floth . Perhaps timidity reftrains his arm ; When he should strike he trembles , and fets free 144 BOOK IV . THE TASK .
... The magifterial sword in vain , and lays His reverence and his worship both to rest On the fame cushion of habitual floth . Perhaps timidity reftrains his arm ; When he should strike he trembles , and fets free 144 BOOK IV . THE TASK .
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... rest , A noble cause , which none , who bears a spark Of public virtue , ever wished removed , Works the deplored and mischievous effect . ' Tis univerfal foldiership has ftabbed The heart of merit in the meaner class . Arms , through ...
... rest , A noble cause , which none , who bears a spark Of public virtue , ever wished removed , Works the deplored and mischievous effect . ' Tis univerfal foldiership has ftabbed The heart of merit in the meaner class . Arms , through ...
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... rest , Is liberty . A flight into his arms Ere yet mortality's fine threads give way , A clear escape from tyrannizing luft , And full immunity from penal woe . Chains are the portion of revolted man , Stripes and a dungeon ; and his ...
... rest , Is liberty . A flight into his arms Ere yet mortality's fine threads give way , A clear escape from tyrannizing luft , And full immunity from penal woe . Chains are the portion of revolted man , Stripes and a dungeon ; and his ...
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... rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice , That tinkle in the withered leaves below . Stillness , accompanied with sounds fo foft , Charms more than filence . Meditation here May think down hours to moments . Here the ...
... rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice , That tinkle in the withered leaves below . Stillness , accompanied with sounds fo foft , Charms more than filence . Meditation here May think down hours to moments . Here the ...
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