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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Page 111
... Thou know'st that Thou hast form'd me With passions wild and strong ; And list'ning to their ' witching voice Has often led me wrong . Where human weakness has come short , Or frailty stepp'd aside , Do Thou , All - Good ! for such Thou ...
... Thou know'st that Thou hast form'd me With passions wild and strong ; And list'ning to their ' witching voice Has often led me wrong . Where human weakness has come short , Or frailty stepp'd aside , Do Thou , All - Good ! for such Thou ...
Page 300
... thou ( but Heav'n avert it ! ) shouldst Soft slumbers thou enjoy'st , and wholesome * Hence let thy Cupid aim his arrows right ;. And when , at night , with weary toil opprest , thou bleed ; To stop the wounds my finest lawn I'd tear ...
... thou ( but Heav'n avert it ! ) shouldst Soft slumbers thou enjoy'st , and wholesome * Hence let thy Cupid aim his arrows right ;. And when , at night , with weary toil opprest , thou bleed ; To stop the wounds my finest lawn I'd tear ...
Page 382
... thou hast thy throne , Morning , and evening . and at noon of day , Far in the blue , untended and alone ; Ere the first - wakened airs of earth had blown , On thou didst march , triumphant in thy light ; Then thou didst send thy glance ...
... thou hast thy throne , Morning , and evening . and at noon of day , Far in the blue , untended and alone ; Ere the first - wakened airs of earth had blown , On thou didst march , triumphant in thy light ; Then thou didst send thy glance ...
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