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... dream of transports she was not to know . She heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never smiled again ! and now she roams The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong ...
... dream of transports she was not to know . She heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never smiled again ! and now she roams The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong ...
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William Cowper. Omai . The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past ; and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homestall thatched with leaves . But hast thou found Their former charms ...
William Cowper. Omai . The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past ; and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homestall thatched with leaves . But hast thou found Their former charms ...
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... dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far , ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be bribed to ...
... dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far , ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be bribed to ...
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... Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream that they shall still succeed , And still are disappointed . Rings the world With the vain stir . I sum up half mankind , And add two thirds of the remaining half , And find the total of ...
... Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream that they shall still succeed , And still are disappointed . Rings the world With the vain stir . I sum up half mankind , And add two thirds of the remaining half , And find the total of ...
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... dream : The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the genʼral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below . The only amaranthine flow'r on earth Is virtue ; th ' only lasting ...
... dream : The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the genʼral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below . The only amaranthine flow'r on earth Is virtue ; th ' only lasting ...
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