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... dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a vict'ry not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; 360 ...
... dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a vict'ry not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; 360 ...
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... dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms , that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to ...
... dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms , that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to ...
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... darkness pass'd , Emerg'd all splendour in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then show far off their shining plumes again . • A. Is genius only found in epic lays ? Prove this , and forfeit all pretence to ...
... darkness pass'd , Emerg'd all splendour in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then show far off their shining plumes again . • A. Is genius only found in epic lays ? Prove this , and forfeit all pretence to ...
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... , intolerant , austere , Parent of manners like herself severe , 610 Drew a rough copy of the Christian face , Without the smile , the sweetness , or the grace ; The dark and sullen humour of the time Judg'd ev'ry 32 TABLE TALK .
... , intolerant , austere , Parent of manners like herself severe , 610 Drew a rough copy of the Christian face , Without the smile , the sweetness , or the grace ; The dark and sullen humour of the time Judg'd ev'ry 32 TABLE TALK .
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William Cowper John Newton. The dark and sullen humour of the time Judg'd ev'ry effort of the muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; A But , when the second Charles assum'd the ...
William Cowper John Newton. The dark and sullen humour of the time Judg'd ev'ry effort of the muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; A But , when the second Charles assum'd the ...
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