The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith |
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... raise a present subsistence , he set about writing his odes ; and , having a general invitation to my house , he frequently passed whole days there , which he employed in writing them , and as fre- quently burning what he had written ...
... raise a present subsistence , he set about writing his odes ; and , having a general invitation to my house , he frequently passed whole days there , which he employed in writing them , and as fre- quently burning what he had written ...
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... raise . For this the ashes of a bard require , Who touched the tenderest notes of pity's lyre ; Who joined pure faith to strong poetic powers ; Who , in reviving reason's lucid hours , Sought on one book his troubled mind to rest , And ...
... raise . For this the ashes of a bard require , Who touched the tenderest notes of pity's lyre ; Who joined pure faith to strong poetic powers ; Who , in reviving reason's lucid hours , Sought on one book his troubled mind to rest , And ...
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... raise a wild enthusiast heat In all who view the shrine . There Picture's toils shall well relate How chance , or hard involving fate , O'er mortal bliss prevail : The buskined Muse shall near her stand , And sighing prompt her tender ...
... raise a wild enthusiast heat In all who view the shrine . There Picture's toils shall well relate How chance , or hard involving fate , O'er mortal bliss prevail : The buskined Muse shall near her stand , And sighing prompt her tender ...
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... raise the meeting soul ! Of these let others ask , To aid some mighty task , I only seek to find thy temperate vale ; Where oft my reed might sound To maids and shepherds round , And all thy sons , O Nature , learn my tale . ODE ON THE ...
... raise the meeting soul ! Of these let others ask , To aid some mighty task , I only seek to find thy temperate vale ; Where oft my reed might sound To maids and shepherds round , And all thy sons , O Nature , learn my tale . ODE ON THE ...
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... raised ? Even now before his favored eyes , In Gothic pride , it seems to rise ! Yet Græcia's graceful orders join , Majestic , through the mixed design : The secret builder knew to choose Each sphere - found gem of richest hues ; Whate ...
... raised ? Even now before his favored eyes , In Gothic pride , it seems to rise ! Yet Græcia's graceful orders join , Majestic , through the mixed design : The secret builder knew to choose Each sphere - found gem of richest hues ; Whate ...
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