The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper, 1872 |
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... Hope her schemes pursue ; Of youthful gaiety bereft , Had scarce an unbroach'd pleasure left ; He found already to his cost , The shining gloss of life was lost ; And Pleasure was so coy a prude , She fled the more , the more pursu'd ...
... Hope her schemes pursue ; Of youthful gaiety bereft , Had scarce an unbroach'd pleasure left ; He found already to his cost , The shining gloss of life was lost ; And Pleasure was so coy a prude , She fled the more , the more pursu'd ...
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... hope conveys , The master eats on other days ; While gorgeous banquets oft bespeak A hungry household all the week . A decent elegance was there , And Plenty with her liberal air . But vulgar Plenty gave offence , And shock'd poor ...
... hope conveys , The master eats on other days ; While gorgeous banquets oft bespeak A hungry household all the week . A decent elegance was there , And Plenty with her liberal air . But vulgar Plenty gave offence , And shock'd poor ...
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... Hope could subsist on slender bounties , And suitors gallop'd o'er two counties , The ball's fair partner to behold , Or humbly hope - she caught no cold . But mark how much Love's annals mend . Should beauty's goddess now descend ; On ...
... Hope could subsist on slender bounties , And suitors gallop'd o'er two counties , The ball's fair partner to behold , Or humbly hope - she caught no cold . But mark how much Love's annals mend . Should beauty's goddess now descend ; On ...
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... hope ! which daily truths deride ; For you , alas ! have wept , and Garrick dy'd ! O shades of Hampton ! witness , as I mourn . Could wit or song elude your fav'rite's urn ? Though living virtue still your haunt endears , Yet buried ...
... hope ! which daily truths deride ; For you , alas ! have wept , and Garrick dy'd ! O shades of Hampton ! witness , as I mourn . Could wit or song elude your fav'rite's urn ? Though living virtue still your haunt endears , Yet buried ...
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... hope divine , Not to record her faith , but strengthen thine ; Then should her ev'ry virtue stand confest , Till ev'ry virtue kindle in thy breast . But , if thou slight the monitory strain , And she has liv'd , to thee at least , in ...
... hope divine , Not to record her faith , but strengthen thine ; Then should her ev'ry virtue stand confest , Till ev'ry virtue kindle in thy breast . But , if thou slight the monitory strain , And she has liv'd , to thee at least , in ...
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