Poems, moral & entertaining, by a ladyW. Sheardown, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... voice Can now but to afflicted memory teach . The tear , which mingled with applause , would start To hear thee eulogize creation's frame , Grief now demands to drop it on thy grave ; A Sad tribute from each feeling bosom due ! Wont to.
... voice Can now but to afflicted memory teach . The tear , which mingled with applause , would start To hear thee eulogize creation's frame , Grief now demands to drop it on thy grave ; A Sad tribute from each feeling bosom due ! Wont to.
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... tears embellish more 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 ...
... tears embellish more 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 ...
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... , 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 , Whose noble 20 On a Child's Picture.
... , 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 , Whose noble 20 On a Child's Picture.
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... glow Dimmed with the moisture of reflection's tear . Yet Memory , some painful solace gives , By thee , Maria dies , by thee she ever lives . ALFRED AND CONSTANTIA . TWILIGHT shadows faintly gleaming , O'er 22 Sonnet to Memory.
... glow Dimmed with the moisture of reflection's tear . Yet Memory , some painful solace gives , By thee , Maria dies , by thee she ever lives . ALFRED AND CONSTANTIA . TWILIGHT shadows faintly gleaming , O'er 22 Sonnet to Memory.
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... tears ; " Where doubts , and fears , alternate empire crave , Till all our views are bounded by the grave . If such its end , can ought in human life Deserve our envy , or inflame our strife ? Alas ! what matters , whether your's or ...
... tears ; " Where doubts , and fears , alternate empire crave , Till all our views are bounded by the grave . If such its end , can ought in human life Deserve our envy , or inflame our strife ? Alas ! what matters , whether your's or ...
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