Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... beneath thy conquering hand . When , rapt in thought , with wakeful eye I view the wonders of the sky , Whose frame thy fingers o'er our head In rich magnificence have spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th ' ethereal ...
... beneath thy conquering hand . When , rapt in thought , with wakeful eye I view the wonders of the sky , Whose frame thy fingers o'er our head In rich magnificence have spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th ' ethereal ...
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... Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade , Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap , Each in his narrow cell for ever laid , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . The breezy call of incense - breathing morn , The ...
... Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade , Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap , Each in his narrow cell for ever laid , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . The breezy call of incense - breathing morn , The ...
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... beneath the weight The wretch , that with his crimes all fresh Of general devastation , millions find Rushes irreverent , unprepar'd , uncall'd , Into his Maker's presence , throwing back With insolent disdain his choicest gift ? Live ...
... beneath the weight The wretch , that with his crimes all fresh Of general devastation , millions find Rushes irreverent , unprepar'd , uncall'd , Into his Maker's presence , throwing back With insolent disdain his choicest gift ? Live ...
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... beneath the sacrificer's knife : She sees him , and , indulging the fond thought , Clings yet more closely to the senseless turf , Nor heeds the passenger who looks that way . Invidious Grave ! how dost thou rend in sunder Whom love has ...
... beneath the sacrificer's knife : She sees him , and , indulging the fond thought , Clings yet more closely to the senseless turf , Nor heeds the passenger who looks that way . Invidious Grave ! how dost thou rend in sunder Whom love has ...
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... Beneath a vassalage so vile and cruel , And its vast body bleeds through ev'ry vein . What havock hast thou made , foul monster Sin ! Poor man ! how happy once in thy first state ! When yet but warm from thy great Maker's hand , [ pleas ...
... Beneath a vassalage so vile and cruel , And its vast body bleeds through ev'ry vein . What havock hast thou made , foul monster Sin ! Poor man ! how happy once in thy first state ! When yet but warm from thy great Maker's hand , [ pleas ...
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