Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 - Poets, English |
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... if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear . 4. Thus men whose thoughts contemplative havè On situations that B 2 TABLE TALK . 5.
... if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear . 4. Thus men whose thoughts contemplative havè On situations that B 2 TABLE TALK . 5.
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... , debonair , and brisk , Give him his lass , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of misery far away ; He drinks his simple beverage with a gust ; And TABLE TALK . 7.
... , debonair , and brisk , Give him his lass , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of misery far away ; He drinks his simple beverage with a gust ; And TABLE TALK . 7.
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... happy reign The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening , and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in her course ...
... happy reign The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening , and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in her course ...
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... happy peasant ! oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel , her's the rich reward : He praised perhaps for ages yet to come , She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers , She safe in the simplicity ...
... happy peasant ! oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel , her's the rich reward : He praised perhaps for ages yet to come , She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers , She safe in the simplicity ...
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... happy skill and industry combined Shall prove ( what argument could never yet ) The Bible an impostor and a cheat ? The praises of the libertine professed , The worst of men and curses of the best . Where should the living , weeping o ...
... happy skill and industry combined Shall prove ( what argument could never yet ) The Bible an impostor and a cheat ? The praises of the libertine professed , The worst of men and curses of the best . Where should the living , weeping o ...
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