Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... thine ear Attend not now to sorrow's cry ; If now the pity - streaming tear Should haply on thy cheek be dry ; Indulge my votive strain , O sweet humanity ! 2 . Come , ever welcome to my breast ! A tender , but a cheerful guest . Nor ...
... thine ear Attend not now to sorrow's cry ; If now the pity - streaming tear Should haply on thy cheek be dry ; Indulge my votive strain , O sweet humanity ! 2 . Come , ever welcome to my breast ! A tender , but a cheerful guest . Nor ...
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... thine ! See how the fiend Profusely scatters the contagion round ! [ heels , Whilst deep - mouth'd slaughter , bellowing at her Wades deep in blood new spilt ; yet for to - morrow Shapes out new work of great uncommon daring , And inly ...
... thine ! See how the fiend Profusely scatters the contagion round ! [ heels , Whilst deep - mouth'd slaughter , bellowing at her Wades deep in blood new spilt ; yet for to - morrow Shapes out new work of great uncommon daring , And inly ...
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... thine , immortal Guido , would essay Such skill to imitate - it is the hand Of God himself - for God himself is there . Hence with th ' ascending springs let me ad- vance Thro ' beds of magnets , minerals , and spar , Up to the ...
... thine , immortal Guido , would essay Such skill to imitate - it is the hand Of God himself - for God himself is there . Hence with th ' ascending springs let me ad- vance Thro ' beds of magnets , minerals , and spar , Up to the ...
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... thine own image , the immortal soul , Shall consecrate herself to Thee for ever . Go to , proud reasoner , philosophic man , Hast thou such prudence , thou such knowledge ? Full many a race has fall'n into the snare- [ No . Of ...
... thine own image , the immortal soul , Shall consecrate herself to Thee for ever . Go to , proud reasoner , philosophic man , Hast thou such prudence , thou such knowledge ? Full many a race has fall'n into the snare- [ No . Of ...
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... thine ; thine therefore be a portion due [ crown Of thanks and praise : come with thy brilliant And vest of fur ; and from thy fragrant lap Pomegranates and the rich ananas pour . But chiefly thou , Europa , seat of Grace And Christian ...
... thine ; thine therefore be a portion due [ crown Of thanks and praise : come with thy brilliant And vest of fur ; and from thy fragrant lap Pomegranates and the rich ananas pour . But chiefly thou , Europa , seat of Grace And Christian ...
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Common terms and phrases
æther arms art thou beauty behold beneath blessings blest bliss blood bloom breast breath bright charms chyle courser crowd dæmon death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool form'd gen'rous glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honor hope hour immortal Jebusites kings light lord lov'd lyre maid mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er night numbers Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er once pain passion peace plain pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise round sacred scene sense shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen stream sweet tears tempest Thalestris thee Theseus thine thou thought throne toil tow'ring train trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue voice wild wind wings wise wretch youth