PoetryBenjamin B. Mussey, 1842 - English literature |
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... wise , Might scorn thy precepts , and thy pow'r de- spise ? Or mourn , with ill - match'd faculties at strife , O'er limbs unequal to the task of life ? To feel more sensibly the woes that wait On every period , as on every state ; And ...
... wise , Might scorn thy precepts , and thy pow'r de- spise ? Or mourn , with ill - match'd faculties at strife , O'er limbs unequal to the task of life ? To feel more sensibly the woes that wait On every period , as on every state ; And ...
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... wise the plan , As in this lord of all - debating man ! Hence , reas'ning creature , thy distinction find , Nor longer to the ways of Heav'n be blind . Wisdom in outward beauty strikes the mind , But outward beauty points a charm behind ...
... wise the plan , As in this lord of all - debating man ! Hence , reas'ning creature , thy distinction find , Nor longer to the ways of Heav'n be blind . Wisdom in outward beauty strikes the mind , But outward beauty points a charm behind ...
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... wise ? nor wooes in vain . This dead of midnight is the noon of thought , And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars . At this still hour the self - collected soul Turns inward , and beholds a stranger there Of high descent and more ...
... wise ? nor wooes in vain . This dead of midnight is the noon of thought , And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars . At this still hour the self - collected soul Turns inward , and beholds a stranger there Of high descent and more ...
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... wise I may not be , The wise themselves shall envy me . 33. Despondency . An Ode . BURNS . OPPRESS'D with grief , oppress'd with care , A burden more than I can bear , Which I too keenly taste , The Solitary can despise , Can want , and ...
... wise I may not be , The wise themselves shall envy me . 33. Despondency . An Ode . BURNS . OPPRESS'D with grief , oppress'd with care , A burden more than I can bear , Which I too keenly taste , The Solitary can despise , Can want , and ...
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... wise : There mark what ills the scholar's life assail , Toil , envy , want , the patron , and the jail . See nations slowly wise , and meanly just , To buried merit raise the tardy bust . If dreams yet flatter , once again attend , Hear ...
... wise : There mark what ills the scholar's life assail , Toil , envy , want , the patron , and the jail . See nations slowly wise , and meanly just , To buried merit raise the tardy bust . If dreams yet flatter , once again attend , Hear ...
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