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... twas all he wished ) a friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his God . ODE ON THE SPRING ° Lo ! where ...
... twas all he wished ) a friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his God . ODE ON THE SPRING ° Lo ! where ...
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... Twas on a lofty vase's side , ° Where China's gayest art had dyed The azure flowers that blow ; Demurest of the tabby kind , The pensive Selima , reclined , Gazed on the lake below . Her conscious tail her joy declared ; The fair round ...
... Twas on a lofty vase's side , ° Where China's gayest art had dyed The azure flowers that blow ; Demurest of the tabby kind , The pensive Selima , reclined , Gazed on the lake below . Her conscious tail her joy declared ; The fair round ...
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... Twas the lark that upward sprung ! ' Twas the nightingale that sung ! Idle notes ! untimely green ! Why this unavailing haste ? Western gales and skies serene Speak not always winter past . Cease , my doubts , my fears to move , Spare ...
... Twas the lark that upward sprung ! ' Twas the nightingale that sung ! Idle notes ! untimely green ! Why this unavailing haste ? Western gales and skies serene Speak not always winter past . Cease , my doubts , my fears to move , Spare ...
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... Twas Milton struck the deep - toned shell , And , as the choral warblings round him swell , Meek Newton's self bends from his state sub- lime , 25 And nods his hoary head , and listens to the rhyme . III . AIR " Ye brown o'er - arching ...
... Twas Milton struck the deep - toned shell , And , as the choral warblings round him swell , Meek Newton's self bends from his state sub- lime , 25 And nods his hoary head , and listens to the rhyme . III . AIR " Ye brown o'er - arching ...
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... Twas long before the customers Were suited to their mind , When Betty screaming came down stairs , " The wine is left behind ! " " Good lack ° ! " quoth he " yet bring it me , My leathern belt likewise , In which I bear my trusty sword ...
... Twas long before the customers Were suited to their mind , When Betty screaming came down stairs , " The wine is left behind ! " " Good lack ° ! " quoth he " yet bring it me , My leathern belt likewise , In which I bear my trusty sword ...
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