Poems, moral & entertaining, by a ladyW. Sheardown, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... Round their chearful fires closing , Many a village circle sat . Hapless Laura , wildly straying , Heeded not the nipping blast ; Carelessly the mirth surveying Of each cottage as she past : Madness held her powers of reason , In its ...
... Round their chearful fires closing , Many a village circle sat . Hapless Laura , wildly straying , Heeded not the nipping blast ; Carelessly the mirth surveying Of each cottage as she past : Madness held her powers of reason , In its ...
Page 26
... round the fraudful toy , Nor thought its sweets could ever cloy , And what we wished , believed . Till flagging wings , and tangled feet , Exposed the dangerous deceit , And warned us of our fate- That fate a useful hint may give , How ...
... round the fraudful toy , Nor thought its sweets could ever cloy , And what we wished , believed . Till flagging wings , and tangled feet , Exposed the dangerous deceit , And warned us of our fate- That fate a useful hint may give , How ...
Page 54
... round ; And wished , and gladly welcomed the release , That bade their sorrows and their sufferings cease : Then haply , they those long - felt sorrows blest , That weaned their souls to seek a better rest . Those , who life's thinly ...
... round ; And wished , and gladly welcomed the release , That bade their sorrows and their sufferings cease : Then haply , they those long - felt sorrows blest , That weaned their souls to seek a better rest . Those , who life's thinly ...
Page 63
... round the bramble twine . With everchanging gale , The steadiest fortune blows ; And passing clouds may veil , The sun that brightest glows . Yet , if no heavier tempest they portend , In calm content our voyage still may end . To meet ...
... round the bramble twine . With everchanging gale , The steadiest fortune blows ; And passing clouds may veil , The sun that brightest glows . Yet , if no heavier tempest they portend , In calm content our voyage still may end . To meet ...
Page 65
... round our rest , since " watchmen vainly wake , " " Except the Lord himself the city keep ; " No stronger bulwark can we wish or make , " For so he giveth his beloved sleep . " And if our empty fears , or weak distrust , I 65.
... round our rest , since " watchmen vainly wake , " " Except the Lord himself the city keep ; " No stronger bulwark can we wish or make , " For so he giveth his beloved sleep . " And if our empty fears , or weak distrust , I 65.
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