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... poor wretches ! Hear me , Auld Hangie , 3 for a wee , An ' let poor damned bodies be ; 5 1 Splashes . 2 Tub . 3 Hangman . 4 Smack . 5 Flaming ravine . 6 Slow . I'm sure sma ' pleasure it can gie , 4 Ev'n to a deil , To skelp an ' scaud poor ...
... poor wretches ! Hear me , Auld Hangie , 3 for a wee , An ' let poor damned bodies be ; 5 1 Splashes . 2 Tub . 3 Hangman . 4 Smack . 5 Flaming ravine . 6 Slow . I'm sure sma ' pleasure it can gie , 4 Ev'n to a deil , To skelp an ' scaud poor ...
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... poor lisping stamm'ring tongue Lies silent in the grave . 20 Lord , I believe thou hast prepar'd ( Unworthy though I be ) For me a blood - bought free reward , A golden harp for me ! ' Tis strung , and tun'd , for endless years , 25 And ...
... poor lisping stamm'ring tongue Lies silent in the grave . 20 Lord , I believe thou hast prepar'd ( Unworthy though I be ) For me a blood - bought free reward , A golden harp for me ! ' Tis strung , and tun'd , for endless years , 25 And ...
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... poor protection from the poor ! " 130 But these are scenes where Nature's niggard hand Gave a spare portion to the famish'd land ; Hers is the fault , if here mankind complain Of fruitless toil and labour spent in vain . But yet in ...
... poor protection from the poor ! " 130 But these are scenes where Nature's niggard hand Gave a spare portion to the famish'd land ; Hers is the fault , if here mankind complain Of fruitless toil and labour spent in vain . But yet in ...
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An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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