Poems, moral & entertaining, by a ladyW. Sheardown, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... than beauty's smile : Which , while they heal the lacerated breast , Inspire its prayer ( approving heaven receives ) To bless the generous source from whence they flow . THE FAREWEL . " TIS past , the dread moment B 2 11.
... than beauty's smile : Which , while they heal the lacerated breast , Inspire its prayer ( approving heaven receives ) To bless the generous source from whence they flow . THE FAREWEL . " TIS past , the dread moment B 2 11.
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Poems. THE FAREWEL . " TIS past , the dread moment to anguish devoted , It chilled my sad heart like a death - sounding knell ; When she , on whose image that heart fondly doated , Exchanged a last look , and a tender farewel . How ...
Poems. THE FAREWEL . " TIS past , the dread moment to anguish devoted , It chilled my sad heart like a death - sounding knell ; When she , on whose image that heart fondly doated , Exchanged a last look , and a tender farewel . How ...
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... dread the tempest lowering , Shrink before the freshening gale ; Doubt not love , his heart empowering , O'er their terrors will prevail . Love shall teach him scorn of danger , Turn his 18 To a Lady fond of frequenting the Sea Shore ·
... dread the tempest lowering , Shrink before the freshening gale ; Doubt not love , his heart empowering , O'er their terrors will prevail . Love shall teach him scorn of danger , Turn his 18 To a Lady fond of frequenting the Sea Shore ·
Page 52
... dread , Amid the numerous records of the dead ; The saddened heart to pensive thought inclines , While musing o'er the melancholy lines , Inscribed ( such mournful musings to engage ) To shew , where blighted youth and withered age ...
... dread , Amid the numerous records of the dead ; The saddened heart to pensive thought inclines , While musing o'er the melancholy lines , Inscribed ( such mournful musings to engage ) To shew , where blighted youth and withered age ...
Page 54
... who life's thinly - scattered sweets enjoy , If not unmixt , at least with less alloy , When called this gloomy , final path to tread , Shrink from the summons with regret and dread : Still grasping at life's shadows as they fly , And 54.
... who life's thinly - scattered sweets enjoy , If not unmixt , at least with less alloy , When called this gloomy , final path to tread , Shrink from the summons with regret and dread : Still grasping at life's shadows as they fly , And 54.
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