The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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Page 25
... wealth can win , no power create ! A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wreck'd by storms , nor moulder'd by decay ; A world with Mem'ry's ceaseless sun - shine blest , The home of Happiness , an honest breast . But most we ...
... wealth can win , no power create ! A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wreck'd by storms , nor moulder'd by decay ; A world with Mem'ry's ceaseless sun - shine blest , The home of Happiness , an honest breast . But most we ...
Page 60
... wealth , and fashion ask you still to bleed , And holy men give scripture for the deed ; Scourg❜d and debas'd , no Briton stoops to save A wretch , a coward ; yes , because a slave ! Eternal Nature ! when thy giant hand . Had heav'd ...
... wealth , and fashion ask you still to bleed , And holy men give scripture for the deed ; Scourg❜d and debas'd , no Briton stoops to save A wretch , a coward ; yes , because a slave ! Eternal Nature ! when thy giant hand . Had heav'd ...
Page 98
... wealth and splendor Ye fields where summer spreads profusion round ; Ye lakes whose vessels catch the busy gale ; Ye bending swains that dress the flow'ry vale ; For me your tributary stores combine ! Creation's heir , the World , the ...
... wealth and splendor Ye fields where summer spreads profusion round ; Ye lakes whose vessels catch the busy gale ; Ye bending swains that dress the flow'ry vale ; For me your tributary stores combine ! Creation's heir , the World , the ...
Page 99
... rocks , by custom , turn to beds of down . From art more various are the blessings sent ; Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content : Yet these each other's pow'r so strong contest That either THE TRAVELLER . 99.
... rocks , by custom , turn to beds of down . From art more various are the blessings sent ; Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content : Yet these each other's pow'r so strong contest That either THE TRAVELLER . 99.
Page 100
... wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence ev'ry state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone . Each to the fav'rite happiness attends , And ...
... wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence ev'ry state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone . Each to the fav'rite happiness attends , And ...
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