Poems,C. Whittingham. : Sold by R. Jennings ... London., 1817 |
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... ground , The country's need have scantily supplied , And the last left the scene when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty ...
... ground , The country's need have scantily supplied , And the last left the scene when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty ...
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... ground you tread , And victory refuted all he said . A. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its error , if it erred , was merely this- He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that ...
... ground you tread , And victory refuted all he said . A. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its error , if it erred , was merely this- He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that ...
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... ground ! The flowers would spring where'er she designed to stray , And every muse attend her in her way . Virtue indeed meets many a rhyming friend , And many a compliment politely penned ; But , unattired in that becoming vest Religion ...
... ground ! The flowers would spring where'er she designed to stray , And every muse attend her in her way . Virtue indeed meets many a rhyming friend , And many a compliment politely penned ; But , unattired in that becoming vest Religion ...
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... ground Sometimes a canting hypocrite is found , Reproach a people with his single fall , And cast his filthy raiment at them all . Attend ! -an apt similitude shall show Whence springs the conduct that offends you so . See where it ...
... ground Sometimes a canting hypocrite is found , Reproach a people with his single fall , And cast his filthy raiment at them all . Attend ! -an apt similitude shall show Whence springs the conduct that offends you so . See where it ...
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... were , No papist more desirous to compound , Than some grave sinners upon English ground . That plea refuted , other quirks they seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ; The future shall obliterate the past , And heaven no 48 TRUTH .
... were , No papist more desirous to compound , Than some grave sinners upon English ground . That plea refuted , other quirks they seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ; The future shall obliterate the past , And heaven no 48 TRUTH .
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Página 173 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Página 204 - ... should not war with brother, And worry and devour each other : But sing and shine by sweet consent, Till life's poor transient night is spent, Respecting in each other's case The gifts of nature and of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name, Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps and him that flies.
Página 221 - Where they did all get in; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad.
Página 225 - So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song. Away went Gilpin out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still.
Página 225 - But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Página 172 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford : But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared.
Página 50 - He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home : He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers.
Página 221 - John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 201 - Oh no! What! rob our good neighbour! I pray you don't go; Besides the man's poor, his orchard's his bread, Then think of his children, for they must be fed.
Página 226 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. " But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.