Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... Muse's flame . Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life , They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect ...
... Muse's flame . Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life , They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect ...
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... Muse , th ' empyreal throne , And awfully adore th ' exalted One ! In nature pure , in place supremely free , And happy in essential unity ! Bless'd in himself , had from his forming hand No creatures sprung to hail his wide command ...
... Muse , th ' empyreal throne , And awfully adore th ' exalted One ! In nature pure , in place supremely free , And happy in essential unity ! Bless'd in himself , had from his forming hand No creatures sprung to hail his wide command ...
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... Muse ! the worship God re- quires , The soul inflam'd with chaste and holy fires ? Where love celestial warms the happy breast , And from sincerity the thought ' s express'd ; Where genuine piety , and truth refin'd , Re - consecrate ...
... Muse ! the worship God re- quires , The soul inflam'd with chaste and holy fires ? Where love celestial warms the happy breast , And from sincerity the thought ' s express'd ; Where genuine piety , and truth refin'd , Re - consecrate ...
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... Muse's unexperienc'd wing , While Goodness , theme divine , she soars to sing ! Though all thy attributes , divinely fair , Thy full perfection , glorious God ! declare ; Yet if one beams superior to the rest , Oh let thy Goodness ...
... Muse's unexperienc'd wing , While Goodness , theme divine , she soars to sing ! Though all thy attributes , divinely fair , Thy full perfection , glorious God ! declare ; Yet if one beams superior to the rest , Oh let thy Goodness ...
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... Muse , whose artless lay Has dar'd thy sacred Attributes survey ! Delighted oft through Nature's beauteous field Has she ador'd thy wisdom bright reveal'd ; Oft have her wishes aim'd the secret song , But awful rev'rence still withheld ...
... Muse , whose artless lay Has dar'd thy sacred Attributes survey ! Delighted oft through Nature's beauteous field Has she ador'd thy wisdom bright reveal'd ; Oft have her wishes aim'd the secret song , But awful rev'rence still withheld ...
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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