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... earth , And air attest his bounty ; which exalts The brute creation to this finer thought , And , annual , melts their undesigning hearts Profusely thus in tenderness and joy . 860 865 Still let my song a nobler note assume , And sing ...
... earth , And air attest his bounty ; which exalts The brute creation to this finer thought , And , annual , melts their undesigning hearts Profusely thus in tenderness and joy . 860 865 Still let my song a nobler note assume , And sing ...
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... earth Unkindled , unconceiv'd ; and from an eye Of tenderness , let heavenly pity fall the dead . This is the desert , this the solitude : How populous ! how vital , is the grave ! This is creation's melancholy vault , The vale funereal ...
... earth Unkindled , unconceiv'd ; and from an eye Of tenderness , let heavenly pity fall the dead . This is the desert , this the solitude : How populous ! how vital , is the grave ! This is creation's melancholy vault , The vale funereal ...
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... earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature , 2 with a dim and sickly eye , To wait the close of all ? But ...
... earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature , 2 with a dim and sickly eye , To wait the close of all ? But ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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