Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... hand with worldly bliss Has made my cup run o'er , And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store . Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ , Nor is the least a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts ...
... hand with worldly bliss Has made my cup run o'er , And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store . Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ , Nor is the least a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts ...
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... hand , When , rapt in thought , with wakeful eye I view the wonders of the sky , Whose frame thy fingers o'er our head In rich magnificence have spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th ' ethereal region borne ; The stars ...
... hand , When , rapt in thought , with wakeful eye I view the wonders of the sky , Whose frame thy fingers o'er our head In rich magnificence have spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th ' ethereal region borne ; The stars ...
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... hand ; E'en death's dim shadow seeks to hide , in vain , That lib'ral aspect , and that sinile humane ; Een Death's dim shadow wears a languid light , And his eye beams through everlasting night . Till the last sigh of Genius shall ...
... hand ; E'en death's dim shadow seeks to hide , in vain , That lib'ral aspect , and that sinile humane ; Een Death's dim shadow wears a languid light , And his eye beams through everlasting night . Till the last sigh of Genius shall ...
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... hand , and in his bosom warms ; Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage , The promis'd Father of the future age . No more shall nation against nation rise , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes , Nor fields with gleaming steel ...
... hand , and in his bosom warms ; Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage , The promis'd Father of the future age . No more shall nation against nation rise , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes , Nor fields with gleaming steel ...
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... hand , nearest himself in place And frightfulness of form , his parent Sin With fatal industry and cruel care Busies herself in pointing all his stings , And tipping every shaft with venom drawn From her infernal store : around him rang ...
... hand , nearest himself in place And frightfulness of form , his parent Sin With fatal industry and cruel care Busies herself in pointing all his stings , And tipping every shaft with venom drawn From her infernal store : around him rang ...
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Common terms and phrases
æther arms art thou beauty behold beneath blessings blest bliss blood bloom breast breath bright charms chyle courser crowd dæmon death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool form'd gen'rous glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honor hope hour immortal Jebusites kings light lord lov'd lyre maid mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er night numbers Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er once pain passion peace plain pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise round sacred scene sense shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen stream sweet tears tempest Thalestris thee Theseus thine thou thought throne toil tow'ring train trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue voice wild wind wings wise wretch youth