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" I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream,... "
Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ... - Page 236
by Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 240 pages
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The British Essayists;: The Looker-on

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 282 pages
...and to look around us (oculo irrctorto) with resolute complacency, and with dignified composure. " I care not, Fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of lair nature's grace; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 2

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 458 pages
...adventitious enjoyments. Thomson seems to have felt the full force of this principle, when he exclaims: " I care not Fortune! what you me deny ; You cannot...windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face. You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living streair,,...
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Beauties selected from the writings of James Beattie. To which are prefixed ...

James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 414 pages
...and rapture, exclaim, * See Rape of the Lock, canto 2. verso 55 ; and Lutrin, chant, 2. verse 10Q. ' I care not, Fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot...rob me of free Nature's grace; You cannot shut the window^ of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her bright'ning face ; You cannot bar my constant feet...
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Beauties selected from the writings of James Beattie. To which are prefixed ...

James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 408 pages
...deny ; . ,... TCeu cannot rob me of free Nature's grace; YiOU cannot shut the windows of the sfcy, . Through which Aurora shows her bright'ning face; You...bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns hy living Mi-cam at eve.* • • Such minds have always in them the seeds of true taste, and frequently...
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Emily, a moral tale, including letters from a father to his daughter, Volume 1

Henry Kett - 1809 - 348 pages
...Contentment and .Independence thus exprefl'ed^y our favourite poet Thomfon in the Caftle of Indolence; I care not, Fortune, what you me deny, You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace'; , You cannot fhut the windows of the fky, Thro' which Aurora Ihows her beauteous face. You cannot bar my conftant...
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Select Reviews, Volumes 1-2

1809 - 914 pages
...he exclaims: flcare not Fortune! \vhat you me deny; . You cannot rob me of free Nature'* |L^ grace; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, ateeve; Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great cUldren leave, Of...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...toil, No for the other Muses meed decree, They praised are alone, and starve right merrily. I care-not, Fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of free...Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, [face ; Through which Aurora shows her brightening Yon cannot bar my constant fttt to trace The woods...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...toil, Nc for the other Mnws raced decree. They praised are alone, and starve right merrily. I eare not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me...of free Nature's grace; You cannot shut the windows ot the sky, [fc«sc Through which Aurora shows her brightening You cannot bar my constant feet to trac.o...
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The Baltimore Reportory, of Papers on Literary and Other Topics, Volume 1

1811 - 450 pages
...necessities furnished a pretext for many other outrages. THE INFLUENCE OF OBJECTS OF NATURE UPON' THE MTKD. I care not, Fortune, what you me deny. You cannot...trace The woods and lawns by living stream at eve. CASTLE OF INDOLENCE. In those vernal seasons of theyear, when the air is soft and pleasant, it were...
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Poems, by Somerville, Pattison, Savage, Broome, and Swift, Issues 80-81

William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...noblest toil, ne for the other Muses meed decree, they praised are alone, and starve right merrily. I care not, Fortune, what you me deny: you cannot...windows of the sky, through which Aurora shows her brightening face; you cannot bar my constant feet to trace the woods and lawns, by living stream, at...
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