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Page 9
... mind led him , brought forth , at length , instead of the trifle which he at first intended , a serious affair -a volume . ] I SING the Sofa . I , who lately sang Truth , Hope , and Charity , and touched with awe The solemn chords , and ...
... mind led him , brought forth , at length , instead of the trifle which he at first intended , a serious affair -a volume . ] I SING the Sofa . I , who lately sang Truth , Hope , and Charity , and touched with awe The solemn chords , and ...
Page 15
... mind , Unnumbered branches waving in the blast , And all their leaves fast fluttering , all at once . Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip ...
... mind , Unnumbered branches waving in the blast , And all their leaves fast fluttering , all at once . Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip ...
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... fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blasphemy , the heart with woe . The earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects THE TASK . 25.
... fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blasphemy , the heart with woe . The earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects THE TASK . 25.
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... minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds In gross and pampered cities sloth and lust , And wantonness and gluttonous excess . In cities , vice is hidden with most ease , Or seen with least reproach ; and virtue , taught By ...
... minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds In gross and pampered cities sloth and lust , And wantonness and gluttonous excess . In cities , vice is hidden with most ease , Or seen with least reproach ; and virtue , taught By ...
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... minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The pensive wanderer in their shades . At eve The moonbeam , sliding softly in between The sleeping leaves , is all the light they wish , Birds warbling all ...
... minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The pensive wanderer in their shades . At eve The moonbeam , sliding softly in between The sleeping leaves , is all the light they wish , Birds warbling all ...
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