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... earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to ...
... earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to ...
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... earth Virtue , his darling child , designed , To thee he gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . 5 10 Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was , thou bad'st her know ...
... earth Virtue , his darling child , designed , To thee he gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . 5 10 Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was , thou bad'st her know ...
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... earth beneath him shakes . ) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise . Right against the eastern gate , By the moss - grown pile he sate ; Where long of yore to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic maid ...
... earth beneath him shakes . ) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise . Right against the eastern gate , By the moss - grown pile he sate ; Where long of yore to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic maid ...
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... earth their solemn brow , 75 That their flaxen tresses tear , And snowy veils that float in air ? Tell me whence their sorrows rose : Then I leave thee to repose . 80 PROPHETESS Ha ! no traveller art thou , King of men , I know thee now ...
... earth their solemn brow , 75 That their flaxen tresses tear , And snowy veils that float in air ? Tell me whence their sorrows rose : Then I leave thee to repose . 80 PROPHETESS Ha ! no traveller art thou , King of men , I know thee now ...
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... earth , Whose barren bosom starves her generous birth , Nor genial warmth , nor genial juice retains , Their roots to feed , and fill their verdant veins : And as in climes , where winter holds his reign , The soil , though fertile ...
... earth , Whose barren bosom starves her generous birth , Nor genial warmth , nor genial juice retains , Their roots to feed , and fill their verdant veins : And as in climes , where winter holds his reign , The soil , though fertile ...
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