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... o'er and o'er again Thinking of thee , still thee , till thought grew pain , And memory , like a drop that , night and day , Falls cold and ceaseless , wore my heart away ! ABSTINENCE . Moore , Lalla Rookh . Yet abstinence in things we ...
... o'er and o'er again Thinking of thee , still thee , till thought grew pain , And memory , like a drop that , night and day , Falls cold and ceaseless , wore my heart away ! ABSTINENCE . Moore , Lalla Rookh . Yet abstinence in things we ...
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... o'er the house , And hurt my brother . As the unthought - on accident is guilty Of what we wildly do , so we profess Ourselves to be the slaves of chance , and flies Of every wind that blows . ACCOUNT . No reckoning made , but sent to ...
... o'er the house , And hurt my brother . As the unthought - on accident is guilty Of what we wildly do , so we profess Ourselves to be the slaves of chance , and flies Of every wind that blows . ACCOUNT . No reckoning made , but sent to ...
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... o'er the waters blue ; The night - winds sigh , the breakers roar , And shrieks the wild sea - mew . Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee , My native land - good night . ADMONITION ...
... o'er the waters blue ; The night - winds sigh , the breakers roar , And shrieks the wild sea - mew . Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee , My native land - good night . ADMONITION ...
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... o'er an enemy oppressed , and heap Affliction on the afflicted , is the mask And the mean triumph of a dastard soul . In this wild world the fondest and the best , Are the most tried , most troubled , and distress'd . I have not quailed ...
... o'er an enemy oppressed , and heap Affliction on the afflicted , is the mask And the mean triumph of a dastard soul . In this wild world the fondest and the best , Are the most tried , most troubled , and distress'd . I have not quailed ...
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... o'er , In seeming to augment it , wastes it ? Anger is like A full - hot horse ; who being allow'd his way , Self - mettle tires him . Sh . Tam . S. 2 . Sh . H. VIII . 1. 1 . Sh . H. VIII . 1. 2 . What sudden anger ' s this ? how have I ...
... o'er , In seeming to augment it , wastes it ? Anger is like A full - hot horse ; who being allow'd his way , Self - mettle tires him . Sh . Tam . S. 2 . Sh . H. VIII . 1. 1 . Sh . H. VIII . 1. 2 . What sudden anger ' s this ? how have I ...
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