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... light , That fly the approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day : Yet see , how all around them wait The ministers of human fate , And black ...
... light , That fly the approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day : Yet see , how all around them wait The ministers of human fate , And black ...
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... Light they disperse , and with them go The summer friend , the flattering foe ; By vain Prosperity received , 20 20 To her they vow their truth , and are again believed . Wisdom in sable garb arrayed , Immersed in rapturous thought ...
... Light they disperse , and with them go The summer friend , the flattering foe ; By vain Prosperity received , 20 20 To her they vow their truth , and are again believed . Wisdom in sable garb arrayed , Immersed in rapturous thought ...
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... light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet : To brisk notes in cadence beating , Glance their many - twinkling feet . 20 25 330 35 Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare ...
... light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet : To brisk notes in cadence beating , Glance their many - twinkling feet . 20 25 330 35 Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare ...
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... light , Closed his eyes in endless night . Behold , where Dryden's less presumptuous car , Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race , O 100 105 With necks in thunder clothed , and long - resounding pace . ° III ...
... light , Closed his eyes in endless night . Behold , where Dryden's less presumptuous car , Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race , O 100 105 With necks in thunder clothed , and long - resounding pace . ° III ...
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... affrighted ravens sail ; The famished eagle screams , and passes by . Dear lost companions of my tuneful art , O Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes , 309 35 40 Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart , THE BARD 23.
... affrighted ravens sail ; The famished eagle screams , and passes by . Dear lost companions of my tuneful art , O Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes , 309 35 40 Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart , THE BARD 23.
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