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... soul , One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight , Priests , tapers , temples , swim before my sight : In seas of flame my plunging soul is drown'd , While altars blaze , and angels tremble round . While prostrate here in humble ...
... soul , One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight , Priests , tapers , temples , swim before my sight : In seas of flame my plunging soul is drown'd , While altars blaze , and angels tremble round . While prostrate here in humble ...
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... soul of joy , Which bade with softest light thy virtues smile ? Ah ! only show'd , to check our fond pursuits , And teach our humbled hopes that life is vain . Thus in some deep retirement would I pass The winter - glooms , with friends ...
... soul of joy , Which bade with softest light thy virtues smile ? Ah ! only show'd , to check our fond pursuits , And teach our humbled hopes that life is vain . Thus in some deep retirement would I pass The winter - glooms , with friends ...
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... soul , I make ( may Heav'n propitious send Such wind and weather to the end ) Neither becalm'd , nor overblown , Life's voyage to the world unknown . 820 THE SEEKER [ 1748 ] When I first came to London , I rambled about From sermon to ...
... soul , I make ( may Heav'n propitious send Such wind and weather to the end ) Neither becalm'd , nor overblown , Life's voyage to the world unknown . 820 THE SEEKER [ 1748 ] When I first came to London , I rambled about From sermon to ...
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If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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