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... supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk Ode to Peace The Modern Patriot Report of an Adjudged Case The Lily and the Rose The Poplar Field On Receipt of my Mother's Picture The Needless Alarm Boadicea Epitaph on a Hare On ...
... supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk Ode to Peace The Modern Patriot Report of an Adjudged Case The Lily and the Rose The Poplar Field On Receipt of my Mother's Picture The Needless Alarm Boadicea Epitaph on a Hare On ...
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Here measured laws and philosophic ease Fix , and improve the polished arts of peace ; There industry and gain their vigils keep , Command the winds , and tame the unwilling deep : Here force and hardy deeds of blood prevail ; There ...
Here measured laws and philosophic ease Fix , and improve the polished arts of peace ; There industry and gain their vigils keep , Command the winds , and tame the unwilling deep : Here force and hardy deeds of blood prevail ; There ...
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Friendly to peace , but not to me ! How ill the scene , that offers rest , And heart that cannot rest , agree ! II 5 This glassy stream , that spreading pine , Those alders quivering to the breeze , Might soothe a soul less hurt than ...
Friendly to peace , but not to me ! How ill the scene , that offers rest , And heart that cannot rest , agree ! II 5 This glassy stream , that spreading pine , Those alders quivering to the breeze , Might soothe a soul less hurt than ...
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... Respecting , in each other's case , The gifts of nature and of grace . Those Christians best deserve the name , Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps , and him that flies .
... Respecting , in each other's case , The gifts of nature and of grace . Those Christians best deserve the name , Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps , and him that flies .
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... here is a season of rest , And I to my cabin repair . There's mercy in every place , And mercy , encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace , And reconciles man to his lot . 55 ODE TO PEACE ° I COME , peace of mind VERSES 89.
... here is a season of rest , And I to my cabin repair . There's mercy in every place , And mercy , encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace , And reconciles man to his lot . 55 ODE TO PEACE ° I COME , peace of mind VERSES 89.
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems Macmillian's pocket American and English classics |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1909 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 268 pages |
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