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... hear the savage youth repeat , In loose numbers wildly sweet , 60 Their feather - cinctured chiefs , and dusky loves . Her track , where'er the goddess roves , Glory pursue , and generous Shame , 64 The unconquerable Mind , and ...
... hear the savage youth repeat , In loose numbers wildly sweet , 60 Their feather - cinctured chiefs , and dusky loves . Her track , where'er the goddess roves , Glory pursue , and generous Shame , 64 The unconquerable Mind , and ...
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... Hear from the grave , great Taliessin , hear ; O 121 They breathe a soul to animate thy clay . Bright Rapture calls , and soaring as she sings , Waves in the eye of heaven her many - colored wings . III . 3 " The verse adorn again ...
... Hear from the grave , great Taliessin , hear ; O 121 They breathe a soul to animate thy clay . Bright Rapture calls , and soaring as she sings , Waves in the eye of heaven her many - colored wings . III . 3 " The verse adorn again ...
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... hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed : But chief myself I will enjoin , Awake at duty's call , To show a love as prompt as thine , To Him who gives me all . " 35 40 THE SHRUBBERY WRITTEN IN A ...
... hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed : But chief myself I will enjoin , Awake at duty's call , To show a love as prompt as thine , To Him who gives me all . " 35 40 THE SHRUBBERY WRITTEN IN A ...
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... buy them and sell them are knaves ; What I hear of their hardships , their tortures , and groans , Is almost enough to draw pity from stones . I pity them greatly , but I must be mum 80 COWPER'S POEMS Pity for Poor Africans.
... buy them and sell them are knaves ; What I hear of their hardships , their tortures , and groans , Is almost enough to draw pity from stones . I pity them greatly , but I must be mum 80 COWPER'S POEMS Pity for Poor Africans.
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... hear . Thus swiftly dividing the flood , To a slave - cultured island we came , Where a Demon , her enemy , stood Oppression his terrible name . In his hand , as the sign of his sway , A scourge hung with lashes he bore , And stood ...
... hear . Thus swiftly dividing the flood , To a slave - cultured island we came , Where a Demon , her enemy , stood Oppression his terrible name . In his hand , as the sign of his sway , A scourge hung with lashes he bore , And stood ...
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