Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 - Poets, English |
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Page 7
... perhaps a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet nature here With stern severity deals out the year : Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's ...
... perhaps a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet nature here With stern severity deals out the year : Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's ...
Page 16
... Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelped a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdashed with many a stroke ...
... Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelped a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdashed with many a stroke ...
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... imitative knack Confine the million in the beaten track , Perhaps Snuffs up some courser who disdains the road , the wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpassed , see one ; Short his career TABLE TALK . 19.
... imitative knack Confine the million in the beaten track , Perhaps Snuffs up some courser who disdains the road , the wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpassed , see one ; Short his career TABLE TALK . 19.
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... perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand and justify the foul abuse Of sabbath hours with plausible excuse ; If apostolic gravity be free To play the fool on Sundays ...
... perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand and justify the foul abuse Of sabbath hours with plausible excuse ; If apostolic gravity be free To play the fool on Sundays ...
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... perhaps your appetite should fail ; And if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please ; And , proud to make his firm attachment known , To save your life ...
... perhaps your appetite should fail ; And if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please ; And , proud to make his firm attachment known , To save your life ...
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