Thirty illustrations of Childe Harold. (Art-union of Lond.).1855 |
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... round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil and trim their evening fire ; Blest that abode where want and pain repair , And every stranger finds a ready chair ; 10 Blest ...
... round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil and trim their evening fire ; Blest that abode where want and pain repair , And every stranger finds a ready chair ; 10 Blest ...
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... round ; Ye lakes , whose vessels catch the busy gale ; Ye bending swains , that dress the flowery vale ; For me your tributary stores combine : Creation's heir , the world , the world is mine . 20 30 30 40 50 60 As some lone miser ...
... round ; Ye lakes , whose vessels catch the busy gale ; Ye bending swains , that dress the flowery vale ; For me your tributary stores combine : Creation's heir , the world , the world is mine . 20 30 30 40 50 60 As some lone miser ...
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... round the smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all ...
... round the smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all ...
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... round surveys His children's looks , that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard , Displays her cleanly platter on the board : And haply too some pilgrim thither led , With many a tale repays the nightly ...
... round surveys His children's looks , that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard , Displays her cleanly platter on the board : And haply too some pilgrim thither led , With many a tale repays the nightly ...
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... round the land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer ...
... round the land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer ...
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aims appear arms beneath blessings Blest bliss boast bosom breast bring charms cheer child climes clouds commerce CORBOULD DALZIEL display DODGSON doth dwell e'en earth eyes fail fair fields fire flies forms freedom GILBERT hand hath hear heart Hence hills hoard honour hour HULME human Italy J. L. WILLIAMS kings LAKE land leaves lies light live Look MEASOM Melancholy mind Mirth morn mountains native night o'er pensive pleasures pomp praise pride reign repose rest rise rocks roll round seems seen shades shore sighs sight sing sinks skies smiling soil soul spreads stop strength supplies sweet thee thine THOMPSON thou thousand Till toil turn tyrants unknown W. J. LINTON W. L. LEITCH W. T. GREEN walk WARD waves wealth winds wings wood XXVIII
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Page 3 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 14 - But when contending chiefs blockade the throne, Contracting regal power to stretch their own, When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free, Each wanton judge new penal statutes draw, Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law...