Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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... thee my ardent praises shall be borne On the first breeze that wakes the blushing morn : The latest star shall hear the pleasing sound , And nature in full choir shall join around . When full of thee my soul excursive flies Through ...
... thee my ardent praises shall be borne On the first breeze that wakes the blushing morn : The latest star shall hear the pleasing sound , And nature in full choir shall join around . When full of thee my soul excursive flies Through ...
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... thee , my God , we owe , Has she ador'd thy wisdom bright reveal'd ; Oft have her wishes aim'd the secret song , But awful rev'rence still withheld her tongue . Yet as thy bounty lent the reas'ning beam , As feels my conscious breast ...
... thee , my God , we owe , Has she ador'd thy wisdom bright reveal'd ; Oft have her wishes aim'd the secret song , But awful rev'rence still withheld her tongue . Yet as thy bounty lent the reas'ning beam , As feels my conscious breast ...
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... thee to walk , And listen to thy whisper'd talk , Which innocence and truth imparts , And melts the most obdurate hearts ! A thousand shapes you wear with ease , And still in ev'ry shape you please . Now wrapt in some mysterious dream ...
... thee to walk , And listen to thy whisper'd talk , Which innocence and truth imparts , And melts the most obdurate hearts ! A thousand shapes you wear with ease , And still in ev'ry shape you please . Now wrapt in some mysterious dream ...
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beam beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright charms clouds coursers dark death delight divine dread e'en earth eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool glory grace hand happy hear heart heaven hour human immortal Jebusites kings light lord lov'd lyre maid mind mortal mourn Muse nature nature's ne'er night Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er pain passion peace plain pleas'd pleasure Plutus poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture rest rills rise round sacred scene seem'd seraphic shade shine sigh sight skies smile soft song soul sound spread spring stream sweet sylphs tears tempest Thalestris thee thine thou thought thro throne toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice waves wild wind wings wise wretch young Benjie youth