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... grace She smiled , and bid him come to dinner . " Jesu - Maria ! Madam Bridget , " " Why , what can the Viscountess mean ? ( Cried the square - hoods in woful fidget , ) " The times are altered quite and clean ! " Decorum's turned to ...
... grace She smiled , and bid him come to dinner . " Jesu - Maria ! Madam Bridget , " " Why , what can the Viscountess mean ? ( Cried the square - hoods in woful fidget , ) " The times are altered quite and clean ! " Decorum's turned to ...
Page 48
... grace ; While hope prolongs our happier hour , Or deepest shades , that dimly lower And blacken round our weary way , Gilds with a gleam of distant day . Still , where rosy pleasure leads , See a kindred grief pursue ; Behind the steps ...
... grace ; While hope prolongs our happier hour , Or deepest shades , that dimly lower And blacken round our weary way , Gilds with a gleam of distant day . Still , where rosy pleasure leads , See a kindred grief pursue ; Behind the steps ...
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... thy lineaments we trace A Tudor's fire , a Beaufort's grace . AIR " Thy liberal heart , thy judging eye , The flower unheeded shall descry , 70 70 55 55 And bid it round heaven's altars shed The fragrance of 56 GRAY'S POEMS.
... thy lineaments we trace A Tudor's fire , a Beaufort's grace . AIR " Thy liberal heart , thy judging eye , The flower unheeded shall descry , 70 70 55 55 And bid it round heaven's altars shed The fragrance of 56 GRAY'S POEMS.
Page 57
... grace thy youthful brow , The laureate wreath , that Cecil ° wore , she brings , And to thy just , thy gentle hand , Submits the fasces of her sway , While spirits blest above and men below Join with glad voice the loud symphonious lay ...
... grace thy youthful brow , The laureate wreath , that Cecil ° wore , she brings , And to thy just , thy gentle hand , Submits the fasces of her sway , While spirits blest above and men below Join with glad voice the loud symphonious lay ...
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... passed my pen , So soon to be forgot ! O Phoebus , if such be thy design , To place it in thy bow , Give wit , that what is left With equal grace below . may shine 20 25 15 5 10 THE DOG AND THE WATER - LILY ° 74 COWPER'S POEMS.
... passed my pen , So soon to be forgot ! O Phoebus , if such be thy design , To place it in thy bow , Give wit , that what is left With equal grace below . may shine 20 25 15 5 10 THE DOG AND THE WATER - LILY ° 74 COWPER'S POEMS.
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