PoemsC. Wells, 1840 - 523 sider |
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... live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are ...
... live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are ...
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... live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
... live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
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... live . Too many , shocked at what should charm them most Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain , ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
... live . Too many , shocked at what should charm them most Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain , ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
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... read , believe , and live ! " Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A 5 * TRUTH . 53.
... read , believe , and live ! " Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A 5 * TRUTH . 53.
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... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue . The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue . The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
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