PoetryBenjamin B. Mussey, 1842 - English literature |
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... land , flowing with milk and honey ; where , after having been nourished , like the infant at the mother's breast , they have gradually ac- quired strength enough to relish and digest the solidest food of philo- sophy . This opinion ...
... land , flowing with milk and honey ; where , after having been nourished , like the infant at the mother's breast , they have gradually ac- quired strength enough to relish and digest the solidest food of philo- sophy . This opinion ...
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... lands , All round her throne the graceful arts appear , That boast the empire of the eye or ear . See favour'd first ... land On each I judge thy foe . If I am right , thy grace impart , Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong , oh ...
... lands , All round her throne the graceful arts appear , That boast the empire of the eye or ear . See favour'd first ... land On each I judge thy foe . If I am right , thy grace impart , Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong , oh ...
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... land . And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues , but their crimes con- fin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ...
... land . And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues , but their crimes con- fin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ...
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... land , In genuine form , not with thy vengeance arm'd , Now ripe for vengeance ; when he comes ar- Too much for man to bear . O rather lend In all the terrors of Almighty wrath , [ ray'd Thy kindly aid to mitigate his stroke ; Forth ...
... land , In genuine form , not with thy vengeance arm'd , Now ripe for vengeance ; when he comes ar- Too much for man to bear . O rather lend In all the terrors of Almighty wrath , [ ray'd Thy kindly aid to mitigate his stroke ; Forth ...
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... lands us safe On the long - wish'd - for shore . Prodigious change ! Our bane turn'd to a blessing ! Death disarm'd ... land , or in the spacious sea , But must give back its long committed dust Inviolate and faithfully shall these Make ...
... lands us safe On the long - wish'd - for shore . Prodigious change ! Our bane turn'd to a blessing ! Death disarm'd ... land , or in the spacious sea , But must give back its long committed dust Inviolate and faithfully shall these Make ...
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