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Or tumbling in the boiling flood greens Wi ' kail an ' beef ; But when thou pours thy strong heart's blood , There thou shines chief . For ten verses he develops this aspect of the subject , etching one after another little scenes of ...
Or tumbling in the boiling flood greens Wi ' kail an ' beef ; But when thou pours thy strong heart's blood , There thou shines chief . For ten verses he develops this aspect of the subject , etching one after another little scenes of ...
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The suggestion of ' bleak December ' is taken up in the following verses : Thou saw the fields laid bare an ' waste , An ' weary Winter comin fast , An ' cozie here , beneath the blast , Thou thought to dwell , Till crash ! the cruel ...
The suggestion of ' bleak December ' is taken up in the following verses : Thou saw the fields laid bare an ' waste , An ' weary Winter comin fast , An ' cozie here , beneath the blast , Thou thought to dwell , Till crash ! the cruel ...
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troubled But yet – O Lord - confess I must - At times I'm fash'd wi ' fleshly lust ; And sometimes too , in warldly trust Vile Self gets in ; But thou remembers we are dust , Defil'd wi ' sin . - This seems to be the note of true ...
troubled But yet – O Lord - confess I must - At times I'm fash'd wi ' fleshly lust ; And sometimes too , in warldly trust Vile Self gets in ; But thou remembers we are dust , Defil'd wi ' sin . - This seems to be the note of true ...
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