Poems, moral & entertaining, by a ladyW. Sheardown, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... never , The form of its loved and lost object restore . Oh why should I cherish the fleeting impression , Since painfully sure it must now be my all ; Though reason bids soar above languid depression , And strive to efface what it ...
... never , The form of its loved and lost object restore . Oh why should I cherish the fleeting impression , Since painfully sure it must now be my all ; Though reason bids soar above languid depression , And strive to efface what it ...
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... Never shall arise a morrow , To revive its faded bloom . Will the opening bud spring fresher , Storm - struck from its verdant stem ? Can the heart resist grief's pressure , Rifled of its dearest gem ? Such the bud of maidens fairest ...
... Never shall arise a morrow , To revive its faded bloom . Will the opening bud spring fresher , Storm - struck from its verdant stem ? Can the heart resist grief's pressure , Rifled of its dearest gem ? Such the bud of maidens fairest ...
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Poems. ' Tis to peace that death invites us , Laura would not life implore ; Since the fate that here unites us , Never can divide us more . TO A LADY FOND OF FREQUENTING THE SEA SHORE . 17.
Poems. ' Tis to peace that death invites us , Laura would not life implore ; Since the fate that here unites us , Never can divide us more . TO A LADY FOND OF FREQUENTING THE SEA SHORE . 17.
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... never fade . There , strongly marked , may every grace appear , To honour sacred , and to feeling dear : The smile of pleasure , when another's blest , The tear of pity for a foe distrest ; The liberal thought , the elevated soul ...
... never fade . There , strongly marked , may every grace appear , To honour sacred , and to feeling dear : The smile of pleasure , when another's blest , The tear of pity for a foe distrest ; The liberal thought , the elevated soul ...
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... never can deceive , There is a promise , we may dare believe ; That such as trust in " Him who cannot lie , " Though born to suffer , and decreed to die , May feel support beneath affliction's weight , May look beyond this transitory ...
... never can deceive , There is a promise , we may dare believe ; That such as trust in " Him who cannot lie , " Though born to suffer , and decreed to die , May feel support beneath affliction's weight , May look beyond this transitory ...
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