Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - 283 psl. |
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... dost thou dwell ? Free from malice , detraction , and strife , Say , lovest thou poverty's dell ? On Hope's buoyant wings dost thou soar ? Or lurk'st 43 A research after Happiness,
... dost thou dwell ? Free from malice , detraction , and strife , Say , lovest thou poverty's dell ? On Hope's buoyant wings dost thou soar ? Or lurk'st 43 A research after Happiness,
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... dost thou soar ? Or lurk'st thou in Sympathy's bower , Where Charity's hands are stretch'd far , In relieving the wants of the poor ? Thee I've sought in the palace of kings ; Lo ! thou wert not there to be found ; Crowns are gewgaws ...
... dost thou soar ? Or lurk'st thou in Sympathy's bower , Where Charity's hands are stretch'd far , In relieving the wants of the poor ? Thee I've sought in the palace of kings ; Lo ! thou wert not there to be found ; Crowns are gewgaws ...
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... dost lodge , His ambition and passion's so strong ; All startled thou fliest to the clouds , And lookest back on the fool with a frown . His satire and lampoons so hard , Are the prickling quicksets of life ; Truth dress'd in plain ...
... dost lodge , His ambition and passion's so strong ; All startled thou fliest to the clouds , And lookest back on the fool with a frown . His satire and lampoons so hard , Are the prickling quicksets of life ; Truth dress'd in plain ...
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... dost most auspiciously smile ; His conduct's straight as his furrow , And his heart is kept free from all guile . Yet still his dear charmer's black eyes Do wound and embitter his soul ; For , although his addresses she flies , His ...
... dost most auspiciously smile ; His conduct's straight as his furrow , And his heart is kept free from all guile . Yet still his dear charmer's black eyes Do wound and embitter his soul ; For , although his addresses she flies , His ...
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... dost show , Like the pure streamlet , will bestow Its salutary influence clear , On all that do approach it near . Religion's dictates man obeys ; Oft from the idle love of praise ; But thee that principle dost guide , Which lasting ...
... dost show , Like the pure streamlet , will bestow Its salutary influence clear , On all that do approach it near . Religion's dictates man obeys ; Oft from the idle love of praise ; But thee that principle dost guide , Which lasting ...
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