A Companion for a Leisure Hour: Being a Collection of Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse. By Several GentlemenJ. Almon, 1769 - 164 páginas |
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... Let innocence be free . One grain indeed this fatal morn I took ; ' twas all I did.- To die for one poor grain of corn ! Alas ! kind heav'n forbid . A red- A red - breaft from a neighb'ring tree Beheld his [ 12 ] THE CAPTIVE LARK. ...
... Let innocence be free . One grain indeed this fatal morn I took ; ' twas all I did.- To die for one poor grain of corn ! Alas ! kind heav'n forbid . A red- A red - breaft from a neighb'ring tree Beheld his [ 12 ] THE CAPTIVE LARK. ...
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... Twas o'er - farewell - my joys : fweet hope , adieu ! -Adieu , my love ! -we part for ever here : No ! in the ftill of night , my restless thought Purfues thy image thro ' its change unknown ; Steals oft unnotic'd to the dreary vault ...
... Twas o'er - farewell - my joys : fweet hope , adieu ! -Adieu , my love ! -we part for ever here : No ! in the ftill of night , my restless thought Purfues thy image thro ' its change unknown ; Steals oft unnotic'd to the dreary vault ...
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... Twas then , O folitude , to thee His early vows were paid , From heart fincere and warm and free , Devoted to the fhade . Ah ! why did fate his steps decoy , In ftormy paths to roam , Remote from all congenial joy ! — O take thy ...
... Twas then , O folitude , to thee His early vows were paid , From heart fincere and warm and free , Devoted to the fhade . Ah ! why did fate his steps decoy , In ftormy paths to roam , Remote from all congenial joy ! — O take thy ...
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... and for wives None fparing but our own : ' Twas he himself who sketch'd out the defign , But to embellifh , relish , and refine , This was a glorious task left for the G - n line ! Sweet Sweet fcenes at Richmond , or the Toy ! That [ 59 ]
... and for wives None fparing but our own : ' Twas he himself who sketch'd out the defign , But to embellifh , relish , and refine , This was a glorious task left for the G - n line ! Sweet Sweet fcenes at Richmond , or the Toy ! That [ 59 ]
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... ; inftead of which it was the land of lightning , where every fruit was scorch - ed before ' twas ripe . - He found that most o them poffeffed a few ideas , which they divided int into a multitude of litle thoughts . - In fhort [ 84 ]
... ; inftead of which it was the land of lightning , where every fruit was scorch - ed before ' twas ripe . - He found that most o them poffeffed a few ideas , which they divided int into a multitude of litle thoughts . - In fhort [ 84 ]
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