(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... of society , and the extension of liberty and truth over des- potic and barbarous countries , by a melancholy con- trast of ideas , we are led to reflect upon the hard fate A of a brave people , recently conspicuous in their strug-
... of society , and the extension of liberty and truth over des- potic and barbarous countries , by a melancholy con- trast of ideas , we are led to reflect upon the hard fate A of a brave people , recently conspicuous in their strug-
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... fate of man- Her dim horizon bounded to a span ; Or , if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis Nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ! resides the heav'nly light , That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is ...
... fate of man- Her dim horizon bounded to a span ; Or , if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis Nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ! resides the heav'nly light , That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is ...
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... fate , the woes of human kind , Thy blissful omens bid my spirit see The boundless fields of rapture yet to be ; I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan , And learn the future , by the past , of man . Come , bright Improvement ! on the ...
... fate , the woes of human kind , Thy blissful omens bid my spirit see The boundless fields of rapture yet to be ; I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan , And learn the future , by the past , of man . Come , bright Improvement ! on the ...
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... fate and freedom in the shaft of Tell ! Say , ye fond zealots to the worth of yore , Hath Valour left the world - to live no more ? No more shall Brutus bid a tyrant die , And sternly smile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more ...
... fate and freedom in the shaft of Tell ! Say , ye fond zealots to the worth of yore , Hath Valour left the world - to live no more ? No more shall Brutus bid a tyrant die , And sternly smile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more ...
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... fate her guardian spirits tell , Prophetic murmurs breathing on the shell ; And solemn sounds that awe the list'ning mind , Roll on the azure paths of every wind . " Foes of mankind ! ( her guardian spirits say , ) Revolving ages bring ...
... fate her guardian spirits tell , Prophetic murmurs breathing on the shell ; And solemn sounds that awe the list'ning mind , Roll on the azure paths of every wind . " Foes of mankind ! ( her guardian spirits say , ) Revolving ages bring ...
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