PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xiv
... Nature : the author also of two volumes of Political Disquisitions . Mr. Burgh kept a school at the south - east corner of Newington Green ; but when ill health led him to give it up , he removed to Colebrook Row , Islington . There ...
... Nature : the author also of two volumes of Political Disquisitions . Mr. Burgh kept a school at the south - east corner of Newington Green ; but when ill health led him to give it up , he removed to Colebrook Row , Islington . There ...
Page xvi
... natural beauties of the place had not fallen to decay ; and the visits to Worcestershire gave the following couplet to the Pleasures of Memory , ' — " ' Thus , thro ' the gloom of Shenstone's fairy - grove ' Maria's urn still breathes ...
... natural beauties of the place had not fallen to decay ; and the visits to Worcestershire gave the following couplet to the Pleasures of Memory , ' — " ' Thus , thro ' the gloom of Shenstone's fairy - grove ' Maria's urn still breathes ...
Page xx
... natural doubt whether it would be favourably received . The longer Poem , the Ode , would be put in comparison with those of Collins and Gray . But his fears were groundless . His poems were at once noticed with praise in the Monthly ...
... natural doubt whether it would be favourably received . The longer Poem , the Ode , would be put in comparison with those of Collins and Gray . But his fears were groundless . His poems were at once noticed with praise in the Monthly ...
Page xxi
... nature now unites above ' An angel's pity with a brother's love , ' Still o'er my life preserve thy mild controul , ' Correct my views , and elevate my soul ; ' Grant me thy peace and purity of mind , ' Devout yet cheerful , active yet ...
... nature now unites above ' An angel's pity with a brother's love , ' Still o'er my life preserve thy mild controul , ' Correct my views , and elevate my soul ; ' Grant me thy peace and purity of mind , ' Devout yet cheerful , active yet ...
Page xxii
... Nature sunk to rest , ' Thy meek submission to thy God expressed ; ' When thy last look , ere thought and feeling fled , A mingled gleam of hope and triumph shed ; ' What to thy soul its glad assurance gave , ' Its hope in death , its ...
... Nature sunk to rest , ' Thy meek submission to thy God expressed ; ' When thy last look , ere thought and feeling fled , A mingled gleam of hope and triumph shed ; ' What to thy soul its glad assurance gave , ' Its hope in death , its ...
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