Elegant Extracts, Volumes 3-4Vicesimus Knox 1809 - English poetry |
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... Whose double bosoms seem to wear one heart , Whose hours , whose bed , whose meal , and exercise , Are still together , who twin , ' twere , in love , Unseparable , shall within this hour , On a dissension of a doit , break out To ...
... Whose double bosoms seem to wear one heart , Whose hours , whose bed , whose meal , and exercise , Are still together , who twin , ' twere , in love , Unseparable , shall within this hour , On a dissension of a doit , break out To ...
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... Whose armour is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill ; Whose passions not his masters are , Whose soul is still prepar'd for death : Untied unto the world by care Of public fame , or private breath ! Who envies none ...
... Whose armour is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill ; Whose passions not his masters are , Whose soul is still prepar'd for death : Untied unto the world by care Of public fame , or private breath ! Who envies none ...
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... Whose arts yield objects , and whose works en- dure : The actor only shrinks from.time's award ; Feeble tradition is his memory's guard ; By whose faint breath his merits must abide , Unvouch'd by proof , to substance unallied ! E'en ...
... Whose arts yield objects , and whose works en- dure : The actor only shrinks from.time's award ; Feeble tradition is his memory's guard ; By whose faint breath his merits must abide , Unvouch'd by proof , to substance unallied ! E'en ...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1 Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 1801 |
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