PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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... Virtue wake the pulses of the heart , And bid the tear of emulation start ! 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 ...
... Virtue wake the pulses of the heart , And bid the tear of emulation start ! 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 ...
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... virtue than to happiness ; and , as such , it frequently discovers itself in the most tumultuous scenes of life . It addresses our finer feelings , and gives exercise to every mild and generous propensity . Not confined to man , it ...
... virtue than to happiness ; and , as such , it frequently discovers itself in the most tumultuous scenes of life . It addresses our finer feelings , and gives exercise to every mild and generous propensity . Not confined to man , it ...
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... virtue , and each softer grace ; What tho ' the fiend's torpedo - touch arrest Each gentler , finer impulse of the breast ; Still shall this active principle preside , And wake the tear to Pity's self denied . The intrepid Swiss , who ...
... virtue , and each softer grace ; What tho ' the fiend's torpedo - touch arrest Each gentler , finer impulse of the breast ; Still shall this active principle preside , And wake the tear to Pity's self denied . The intrepid Swiss , who ...
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... Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like ...
... Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like ...
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... Virtue fear the frowns of Fate ? Hers what no wealth can buy , no power create ! A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wrecked by storms , nor mouldered by decay ; A world , with MEMORY'S ceaseless sun - shine blest , The home ...
... Virtue fear the frowns of Fate ? Hers what no wealth can buy , no power create ! A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wrecked by storms , nor mouldered by decay ; A world , with MEMORY'S ceaseless sun - shine blest , The home ...
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