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... sweet St. Charitie ) ' Tis Willy begs , once a right proper man , ° Though now a book , and interleaved you see . Much have I borne from cankered critic's spite , 5 From fumbling baronets and poets small , ° Pert barristers , and ...
... sweet St. Charitie ) ' Tis Willy begs , once a right proper man , ° Though now a book , and interleaved you see . Much have I borne from cankered critic's spite , 5 From fumbling baronets and poets small , ° Pert barristers , and ...
Page 56
... Sweet is the breath of vernal shower , The bee's collected treasures sweet , Sweet music's melting fall , but sweeter yet The still small voice of gratitude . " VI . RECITATIVE Foremost and leaning from her golden cloud 65 The venerable ...
... Sweet is the breath of vernal shower , The bee's collected treasures sweet , Sweet music's melting fall , but sweeter yet The still small voice of gratitude . " VI . RECITATIVE Foremost and leaning from her golden cloud 65 The venerable ...
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... sweet sequestered bird , Soft as the passing wind , And I recorded what I heard , A lesson for mankind . 30 335 40 ODE TO APOLLO ° ON AN INKGLASS ALMOST DRIED IN THE SUN PATRON of all those luckless brains That , to the wrong side ...
... sweet sequestered bird , Soft as the passing wind , And I recorded what I heard , A lesson for mankind . 30 335 40 ODE TO APOLLO ° ON AN INKGLASS ALMOST DRIED IN THE SUN PATRON of all those luckless brains That , to the wrong side ...
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... sweets your cane affords . - Is there , as ye sometimes tell us , Is there One , who reigns on high ? Has He bid you buy and sell us , 15 20 20 ― 25 Speaking from His throne , the sky ? Ask Him , if your knotted scourges , Matches ...
... sweets your cane affords . - Is there , as ye sometimes tell us , Is there One , who reigns on high ? Has He bid you buy and sell us , 15 20 20 ― 25 Speaking from His throne , the sky ? Ask Him , if your knotted scourges , Matches ...
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... sweet consent , Till life's poor transient night is spent , 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 ...
... sweet consent , Till life's poor transient night is spent , 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 ...
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