Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... Thou from the regions of eternal day , View'st all thy works at one immense survey ; Pleas'd thou behold'st the whole propensely tend To perfect happiness , its glorious end . If thou to earth but turn thy wrathful eyes , Her basis ...
... Thou from the regions of eternal day , View'st all thy works at one immense survey ; Pleas'd thou behold'st the whole propensely tend To perfect happiness , its glorious end . If thou to earth but turn thy wrathful eyes , Her basis ...
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... thou gone ? Where hast thou hid thy many - spangled head , And the majestic menace of thine eyes Felt from afar ? Pliant and powerless now Like new - born infant bound up in his swathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , That ...
... thou gone ? Where hast thou hid thy many - spangled head , And the majestic menace of thine eyes Felt from afar ? Pliant and powerless now Like new - born infant bound up in his swathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , That ...
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... thou surly , and less gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common sickness pulls thee down , With greater ease than e'er thou didst the stripling That rashly dar'd thee to th ' unequal fight . What groan ...
... thou surly , and less gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common sickness pulls thee down , With greater ease than e'er thou didst the stripling That rashly dar'd thee to th ' unequal fight . What groan ...
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Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons Vicesimus Knox. Thou art - All - glorious , All - beneficent , All Wisdom and Omnipotence Thou art . But is the æra of Creation fix'd At when these worlds began ? Could aught retard Goodness ...
Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons Vicesimus Knox. Thou art - All - glorious , All - beneficent , All Wisdom and Omnipotence Thou art . But is the æra of Creation fix'd At when these worlds began ? Could aught retard Goodness ...
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... thou such prudence , thou such knowledge ? Full many a race has fall'n into the snare- [ No . Of meretricious looks , of pleasing surface ; And oft in desert isles the famish'd pilgrim , By forms of fruit , and luscious taste , beguil'd ...
... thou such prudence , thou such knowledge ? Full many a race has fall'n into the snare- [ No . Of meretricious looks , of pleasing surface ; And oft in desert isles the famish'd pilgrim , By forms of fruit , and luscious taste , beguil'd ...
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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