Poems, Volum 1W. Lewis, 1814 - 480 sider |
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Side 5
... praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country ...
... praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country ...
Side 7
... praise ; And many a dunce , whose finger's itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite : A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are forbidden game ! Thus , free from censure , over - aw'd by fear , And ...
... praise ; And many a dunce , whose finger's itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite : A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are forbidden game ! Thus , free from censure , over - aw'd by fear , And ...
Side 9
... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censur'd when they fail ; To doubt the love his fav'rites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend , If he indulge a cultivated taste , His gall❜ries with the works of ...
... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censur'd when they fail ; To doubt the love his fav'rites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend , If he indulge a cultivated taste , His gall❜ries with the works of ...
Side 19
... praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . The nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though ...
... praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . The nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though ...
Side 30
... praise . Make their heroic pow'rs your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light In less illustrious hards his beauty shone A meteor ...
... praise . Make their heroic pow'rs your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light In less illustrious hards his beauty shone A meteor ...
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