PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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... Play- fair , the mathematician . He heard Dr. Blair and Dr. Robertson preach . At Edinburgh also he made ac- quaintance with Dr. Johnson's friend , Mrs. Piozzi , who was there with her husband and younger daugh- But in after years ...
... Play- fair , the mathematician . He heard Dr. Blair and Dr. Robertson preach . At Edinburgh also he made ac- quaintance with Dr. Johnson's friend , Mrs. Piozzi , who was there with her husband and younger daugh- But in after years ...
Page 7
... play , And games and carols closed the busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron thrills no more With treasured tales , and legendary lore . All , all are fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent repose . All ...
... play , And games and carols closed the busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron thrills no more With treasured tales , and legendary lore . All , all are fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent repose . All ...
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... play ; Thy tempered gleams of happiness resigned Glance on the darkened mirror of the mind . The School's lone porch , with reverend mosses grey , Just tells the pensive pilgrim where it lay . Mute is the bell that rung at peep of dawn ...
... play ; Thy tempered gleams of happiness resigned Glance on the darkened mirror of the mind . The School's lone porch , with reverend mosses grey , Just tells the pensive pilgrim where it lay . Mute is the bell that rung at peep of dawn ...
Page 14
... played ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here alone I search the records of each mouldering stone . Guides of my life ! Instructors ...
... played ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here alone I search the records of each mouldering stone . Guides of my life ! Instructors ...
Page 15
... play ; Man's little universe at once o'ercast , At once illumined when the cloud is past . Survey the globe , each ruder realm explore ; From Reason's faintest ray to NEWTON soar . What different spheres to human bliss assigned ! What ...
... play ; Man's little universe at once o'ercast , At once illumined when the cloud is past . Survey the globe , each ruder realm explore ; From Reason's faintest ray to NEWTON soar . What different spheres to human bliss assigned ! What ...
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