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... Hope to thy world may look beyond the tombs ? Yes , gentle Spring ; no sorrow dims thine air , Breathed by our loved ones there ! LESSON IV . The Winged Worshippers . - C . SPRAGUE . [ Addressed to two Swallows , that flew into Church ...
... Hope to thy world may look beyond the tombs ? Yes , gentle Spring ; no sorrow dims thine air , Breathed by our loved ones there ! LESSON IV . The Winged Worshippers . - C . SPRAGUE . [ Addressed to two Swallows , that flew into Church ...
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... Hope's summer - visions die If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo , Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away . But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Power , Snatch the rich relics of a well ...
... Hope's summer - visions die If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo , Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away . But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Power , Snatch the rich relics of a well ...
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... hope and fear to Heaven resigned , Shrinks not , though fortune aim her deadliest blow . Beauty . - GAY . WHAT is the blooming tincture of the skin To peace of mind and harmony within ? What the bright sparkling of the finest eye To the ...
... hope and fear to Heaven resigned , Shrinks not , though fortune aim her deadliest blow . Beauty . - GAY . WHAT is the blooming tincture of the skin To peace of mind and harmony within ? What the bright sparkling of the finest eye To the ...
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... hope is in that sacred token Of peaceful happiness when life is o'er ;数 She asks nor wealth nor pleasure , begs no more Than Heaven's delightful yolume , and the sight Of her Redeemer . Sceptics , would you pour Your blasting vials on ...
... hope is in that sacred token Of peaceful happiness when life is o'er ;数 She asks nor wealth nor pleasure , begs no more Than Heaven's delightful yolume , and the sight Of her Redeemer . Sceptics , would you pour Your blasting vials on ...
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... hope for success , they finally retire to hide their disgrace in indolence and obscurity . From this melancholy period , the character sinks every day more deeply down into insignif cance and uselessness . The poor remainder of life is ...
... hope for success , they finally retire to hide their disgrace in indolence and obscurity . From this melancholy period , the character sinks every day more deeply down into insignif cance and uselessness . The poor remainder of life is ...
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Page 219 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tost; And the heavy night hung dark...