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Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ ...
Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ ...
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196 TO THE TORSO 197 A WISH 198 TO THE GNAT 200 AN EPITAPH ON A ROBIN - REDBREAST 201 AN ITALIAN SONG 202 TO THE BUTTERFLY 204 WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND 205 INSCRIPTION IN THE CRIMEA 209 INSCRIPTION FOR A TEMPLE 210 WRITTEN ...
196 TO THE TORSO 197 A WISH 198 TO THE GNAT 200 AN EPITAPH ON A ROBIN - REDBREAST 201 AN ITALIAN SONG 202 TO THE BUTTERFLY 204 WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND 205 INSCRIPTION IN THE CRIMEA 209 INSCRIPTION FOR A TEMPLE 210 WRITTEN ...
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... This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young Foscari , whose hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , D When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's 17.
... This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young Foscari , whose hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , D When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's 17.
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... Devout yet cheerful , active yet resigned ; Grant me , like thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content .
... Devout yet cheerful , active yet resigned ; Grant me , like thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content .
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For in whose remembrance can we wish to hold a place , but such as know , and are known by us ? These are within the sphere of our influence , and among these and their descendants we may live for evermore . It is a state of rewards and ...
For in whose remembrance can we wish to hold a place , but such as know , and are known by us ? These are within the sphere of our influence , and among these and their descendants we may live for evermore . It is a state of rewards and ...
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