PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xx
... Truth will at last give us the blessings of piety and peace : ' Her touch unlocks the day - spring from above , ' And lo ! it visits man with gleams of light and love . He had written other verses before these , but he did not think ...
... Truth will at last give us the blessings of piety and peace : ' Her touch unlocks the day - spring from above , ' And lo ! it visits man with gleams of light and love . He had written other verses before these , but he did not think ...
Page xxii
... Truth ! ' The publication of his little volume of poems , the favourable way in which it was received in the world , and his marked literary ambition , gained him respect with his family , and made him important in his father's eyes ...
... Truth ! ' The publication of his little volume of poems , the favourable way in which it was received in the world , and his marked literary ambition , gained him respect with his family , and made him important in his father's eyes ...
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... truth once known - To bless is to be blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - grey ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his ...
... truth once known - To bless is to be blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - grey ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his ...
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... Truth ! Whose every word enlightened and endeared ; In age beloved , in poverty revered ; In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give . But when the sons of peace , of pleasure sleep , When only ...
... Truth ! Whose every word enlightened and endeared ; In age beloved , in poverty revered ; In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give . But when the sons of peace , of pleasure sleep , When only ...
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... truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's sigh ; This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young FOSCARI , whose hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , D When exile wore his blooming ...
... truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's sigh ; This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young FOSCARI , whose hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , D When exile wore his blooming ...
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