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Oh could it still , thro ' each succeeding year , My life , my manners , and my name endear ; And , when the poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource ...
Oh could it still , thro ' each succeeding year , My life , my manners , and my name endear ; And , when the poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource ...
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What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro ' the trees , Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven ...
What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro ' the trees , Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven ...
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Down by yon hazel copse , at evening , blazed The Gipsy's fagot — there we stood and gazed ; Gazed on her sun - burnt face with silent awe , Her tattered mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ...
Down by yon hazel copse , at evening , blazed The Gipsy's fagot — there we stood and gazed ; Gazed on her sun - burnt face with silent awe , Her tattered mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ...
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Who first unveiled the hallowed form of Truth ; Whose every word enlightened and endeared ; In age beloved , in poverty revered ; , In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give .
Who first unveiled the hallowed form of Truth ; Whose every word enlightened and endeared ; In age beloved , in poverty revered ; , In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give .
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When , with the silent energy of grief , With looks that asked , yet dared not hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' Twas thine to animate her closing eye ...
When , with the silent energy of grief , With looks that asked , yet dared not hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' Twas thine to animate her closing eye ...
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