Poems, Volum 1W. Lewis, 1814 - 480 sider |
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... 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 liberty be there ; And I will sing , at liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid clime ...
... 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 liberty be there ; And I will sing , at liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid clime ...
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... song . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry : a gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
... song . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry : a gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
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... song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! Is the downfal ...
... song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! Is the downfal ...
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... belong ; I play with syllables , and sport in song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , 1 But Dullness of mere Versification . Where discipline helps op'ning 26 TABLE TALK .
... belong ; I play with syllables , and sport in song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , 1 But Dullness of mere Versification . Where discipline helps op'ning 26 TABLE TALK .
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... song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there : Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke ...
... song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there : Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke ...
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