The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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... tyrant of the burning brain . She tells of time mispent , of comfort lost , Of fair occasions gone for ever by , Of hopes too fondly nurs'd , too rudely cross'd , Of many a cause to wish , yet fear , to die ; For what , except th ...
... tyrant of the burning brain . She tells of time mispent , of comfort lost , Of fair occasions gone for ever by , Of hopes too fondly nurs'd , too rudely cross'd , Of many a cause to wish , yet fear , to die ; For what , except th ...
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... , Genius , cease , and here , Truth , Science , Virtue , close your short career . " Tyrants ! in vain ye trace the wizard ring ; In vain ye limit Mind's unwearied spring : What ! can ye lull the winged winds asleep Arrest 58 THE PLEASURES.
... , Genius , cease , and here , Truth , Science , Virtue , close your short career . " Tyrants ! in vain ye trace the wizard ring ; In vain ye limit Mind's unwearied spring : What ! can ye lull the winged winds asleep Arrest 58 THE PLEASURES.
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... tyrants cease but with the world ! What are thy triumphs , sacred Truth ! belied ! Why then hath Plato liv'd - or Sydney died ... tyrant die , And sternly smile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more , when suff'ring Freedom calls ...
... tyrants cease but with the world ! What are thy triumphs , sacred Truth ! belied ! Why then hath Plato liv'd - or Sydney died ... tyrant die , And sternly smile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more , when suff'ring Freedom calls ...
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... tyrant's balance with his gold ! No - Nature stamp'd us in a heav'nly mould ! She bade no wretch his thankless labour urge , Nor , trembling , take the pittance and the scourge ! No homeless Libyan , on the stormy deep , To call upon ...
... tyrant's balance with his gold ! No - Nature stamp'd us in a heav'nly mould ! She bade no wretch his thankless labour urge , Nor , trembling , take the pittance and the scourge ! No homeless Libyan , on the stormy deep , To call upon ...
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... tyrant in his tort'ring hour ! 12 When Europe sought your subject realms to gain , And stretch'd her giant sceptre o'er the main ; Taught her proud barks their winding way to shape , And brav'd the stormy spirit of the Cape ; Children ...
... tyrant in his tort'ring hour ! 12 When Europe sought your subject realms to gain , And stretch'd her giant sceptre o'er the main ; Taught her proud barks their winding way to shape , And brav'd the stormy spirit of the Cape ; Children ...
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