Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his father and his God . ยง 16. Death . DR . PORTEUS , Bp . of London . FRIEND to the wretch whom every friend forsakes , I woo thee , Death ! In fancy's fairy ...
... dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his father and his God . ยง 16. Death . DR . PORTEUS , Bp . of London . FRIEND to the wretch whom every friend forsakes , I woo thee , Death ! In fancy's fairy ...
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... dread of future woe . Far be the ghastly crew ! and in their stead Let cheerful Memory from her purest cells Lead forth a goodly train of Virtues fair , Cherish'd in earliest youth , now paying back With tenfold usury the pious care ...
... dread of future woe . Far be the ghastly crew ! and in their stead Let cheerful Memory from her purest cells Lead forth a goodly train of Virtues fair , Cherish'd in earliest youth , now paying back With tenfold usury the pious care ...
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... dread moment , how the frantic soul Raves round the walls of her clay tenement , Runs to each avenue , and shrieks for help , But shrieks in vain ! how wishfully she looks On all she's leaving , now no longer hers ! A little longer ...
... dread moment , how the frantic soul Raves round the walls of her clay tenement , Runs to each avenue , and shrieks for help , But shrieks in vain ! how wishfully she looks On all she's leaving , now no longer hers ! A little longer ...
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... dread blow is struck . But hold ! I've gone too far ; too much dis- cover'd My father's nakedness , and nature's shame . Here let me pause ! and drop an honest tear , One burst of filial duty , and condolence , O'er all those ample ...
... dread blow is struck . But hold ! I've gone too far ; too much dis- cover'd My father's nakedness , and nature's shame . Here let me pause ! and drop an honest tear , One burst of filial duty , and condolence , O'er all those ample ...
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... dread trumpet sounds , the slumb'ring Not unattentive to the call , shall wake ; [ dust , And ev'ry joint possess its proper place , With a new elegance of form , unknown To its first state . Nor shall the conscious soul Mistake its ...
... dread trumpet sounds , the slumb'ring Not unattentive to the call , shall wake ; [ dust , And ev'ry joint possess its proper place , With a new elegance of form , unknown To its first state . Nor shall the conscious soul Mistake its ...
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beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss bosom breast breath bright charms clouds courser dark death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool glory glow grace grave hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven hour immortal Jebusites king light live lord LORD BYRON lov'd lyre maid mind mortal mourn Muse nature nature's ne'er night Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er pain passion peace pleas'd pleasure pow'r praise pride rapture rills rise round sacred Samian wine scene seem'd seraphic shade shine shore sigh sight skies sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit stream sweet sylphs tears tempest Thalestris thee thine thou thought throne toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice waves wild wind wings wise wretch young Benjie youth