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... Dear son of memory , great heir of fame , What needst thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou , in our wonder and astonishment , Hast built thyself a livelong monument . For whilst , to the shame of slow - endeavouring art , Thy easy ...
... Dear son of memory , great heir of fame , What needst thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou , in our wonder and astonishment , Hast built thyself a livelong monument . For whilst , to the shame of slow - endeavouring art , Thy easy ...
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... dear parted shade , Meek Nature's Child , again adieu ! The genial meads , assign'd to bless Thy life , shall mourn thy early doom ; Their hinds and shepherd - girls shall dress , With simple hands , thy rural tomb . Long , long , thy ...
... dear parted shade , Meek Nature's Child , again adieu ! The genial meads , assign'd to bless Thy life , shall mourn thy early doom ; Their hinds and shepherd - girls shall dress , With simple hands , thy rural tomb . Long , long , thy ...
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... dear . Was not this purchased all too dearly ? never Can fame atone for all that fame hath cost . We see the goal , but know not the endeavour , Nor what fond hopes have on the way been lost . What do we know of the unquiet pillow , By 67.
... dear . Was not this purchased all too dearly ? never Can fame atone for all that fame hath cost . We see the goal , but know not the endeavour , Nor what fond hopes have on the way been lost . What do we know of the unquiet pillow , By 67.
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... dear ; I like a beef - steak , too , as well as any ; Have no objection to a pot of beer ; I like the weather , when it is not rainy , That is , I like two months of every year . And so God save the Regent , Church , and King ! Which ...
... dear ; I like a beef - steak , too , as well as any ; Have no objection to a pot of beer ; I like the weather , when it is not rainy , That is , I like two months of every year . And so God save the Regent , Church , and King ! Which ...
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... dear to fame ; the first who deep impress'd On haughty Gaul the terror of thy arms , That awes her genius still . In statesmen thou , And patriots , fertile . Thine a steady More , Who , with a generous , though mistaken zeal ...
... dear to fame ; the first who deep impress'd On haughty Gaul the terror of thy arms , That awes her genius still . In statesmen thou , And patriots , fertile . Thine a steady More , Who , with a generous , though mistaken zeal ...
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