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... stamp'd in civic blood ? The blinded wretch , whose mind is bent on ill , Would laugh at threats , and sport with halters still ; Temptations gain more vigour as they throng , Crime fosters crime , and wrong engenders wrong ; Fondly he ...
... stamp'd in civic blood ? The blinded wretch , whose mind is bent on ill , Would laugh at threats , and sport with halters still ; Temptations gain more vigour as they throng , Crime fosters crime , and wrong engenders wrong ; Fondly he ...
Page 62
... stamp'd in blood , the conqueror's crimes appear ? IMPROMPTU ON AN ORDER TO KILL THE DOGS IN ALBANY . " Tis done ! the dreadful sentence is decreed ! The town is mad , and all the dogs must bleed ! Ah me ! what boots it that the dogs ...
... stamp'd in blood , the conqueror's crimes appear ? IMPROMPTU ON AN ORDER TO KILL THE DOGS IN ALBANY . " Tis done ! the dreadful sentence is decreed ! The town is mad , and all the dogs must bleed ! Ah me ! what boots it that the dogs ...
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... stamp'd Creative power . Yet over all the touch Of gracious pity dwelt , which , erst , amidst Dissolving nature's anguish , breathed a prayer For guilty man . Redundant down his neck His locks roll'd graceful , as they waved , of old ...
... stamp'd Creative power . Yet over all the touch Of gracious pity dwelt , which , erst , amidst Dissolving nature's anguish , breathed a prayer For guilty man . Redundant down his neck His locks roll'd graceful , as they waved , of old ...
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... stamp'd , as they pass'd , their fate . Thus , in a day , amazing thought ! were judged The millions , since from the ALMIGHTY'S hand , Launch'd on her course , earth roll'd rejoicing . Whose The doom to penal fires , and whose to joy ...
... stamp'd , as they pass'd , their fate . Thus , in a day , amazing thought ! were judged The millions , since from the ALMIGHTY'S hand , Launch'd on her course , earth roll'd rejoicing . Whose The doom to penal fires , and whose to joy ...
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... stamp'd beside the pool . Still this great solitude is quick with life . Myriads of insects , gaudy as the flowers They flutter over , gentle quadrupeds , And birds , that scarce have learn'd the fear of man , Are here , and sliding ...
... stamp'd beside the pool . Still this great solitude is quick with life . Myriads of insects , gaudy as the flowers They flutter over , gentle quadrupeds , And birds , that scarce have learn'd the fear of man , Are here , and sliding ...
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