Poems, moral & entertaining, by a ladyW. Sheardown, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... Thoughts in a favorite Arbour on hearing the Bells on a Sunday Morning On a Youth who died of a Decline To the Evening Star 132 134 137 On a Seal . ( Device , Dove and Olive Branch ) The Shepherd's Complaint To Indifference A Minifter's ...
... Thoughts in a favorite Arbour on hearing the Bells on a Sunday Morning On a Youth who died of a Decline To the Evening Star 132 134 137 On a Seal . ( Device , Dove and Olive Branch ) The Shepherd's Complaint To Indifference A Minifter's ...
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... Thoughts of woe her bosom crowded , Why wore earth that pallid hue ? Was it like her Edwin shrouded , Whom no spring could e'er renew ? Was it nature's gentle token , Of his pure and faithful heart ? He , who died with vows unbroken ...
... Thoughts of woe her bosom crowded , Why wore earth that pallid hue ? Was it like her Edwin shrouded , Whom no spring could e'er renew ? Was it nature's gentle token , Of his pure and faithful heart ? He , who died with vows unbroken ...
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... thought of present sorrow , Hope , from her soft bosom steal ; View it like the briny furrow , Closing trackless from the keel . Does yon ebbing tide , receding , Paint the parting scene anew ; Think ( some happier hour succeeding ) His ...
... thought of present sorrow , Hope , from her soft bosom steal ; View it like the briny furrow , Closing trackless from the keel . Does yon ebbing tide , receding , Paint the parting scene anew ; Think ( some happier hour succeeding ) His ...
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Poems. Love shall teach him scorn of danger , Turn his anxious thoughts on thee ; Which to all but love a stranger , Fondly there shall anchored be . Banish then , each sad reflection , While thus wandering on the shore ; Trust , sweet ...
Poems. Love shall teach him scorn of danger , Turn his anxious thoughts on thee ; Which to all but love a stranger , Fondly there shall anchored be . Banish then , each sad reflection , While thus wandering on the shore ; Trust , sweet ...
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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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Page 109 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?