Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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... tear , 120 He gained from heaven ( ' 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 ...
... tear , 120 He gained from heaven ( ' 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 ...
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... tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers ...
... tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers ...
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... tear , The vultures of the mind , Disdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded ...
... tear , The vultures of the mind , Disdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded ...
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... tear . Oh ! gently on thy suppliant's head , Dread goddess , lay thy chastening hand ! Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad , Not circled with the vengeful band ° ( As by the impious thou art seen ) , With thundering voice , and threatening ...
... tear . Oh ! gently on thy suppliant's head , Dread goddess , lay thy chastening hand ! Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad , Not circled with the vengeful band ° ( As by the impious thou art seen ) , With thundering voice , and threatening ...
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... tears . " III . 2 Nor second He , that rode sublime Upon the seraph - wings of Ecstasy , The secrets of the abyss to spy . 95 He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , ° Where angels ...
... tears . " III . 2 Nor second He , that rode sublime Upon the seraph - wings of Ecstasy , The secrets of the abyss to spy . 95 He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , ° Where angels ...
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