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Page 22
... bright rays that deck the opening morn . FORTUNE . The wheel of fortune , rapid in its flight , Lags not for man , when on its swift routine ; Nor does the goddess ponder unresolved : She wafts at once and on her lofty car Lifts up her ...
... bright rays that deck the opening morn . FORTUNE . The wheel of fortune , rapid in its flight , Lags not for man , when on its swift routine ; Nor does the goddess ponder unresolved : She wafts at once and on her lofty car Lifts up her ...
Page 26
... bright point combine , So do the fable and the tale unite The path of Truth by Fancy's torch to light ; Each to one noble , generous aim aspires , And the rich galaxy at once conspires To catch the fluttering mind and fix the sense The ...
... bright point combine , So do the fable and the tale unite The path of Truth by Fancy's torch to light ; Each to one noble , generous aim aspires , And the rich galaxy at once conspires To catch the fluttering mind and fix the sense The ...
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... Bright be the amaranth of their fame ! May Palafox a Lucan claim ! That bard no more had filled his rhymes With Caesar's greatness , Cæsar's crimes : Another Cæsar waked the string , Alike usurper , traitor , king . Another Cæsar ...
... Bright be the amaranth of their fame ! May Palafox a Lucan claim ! That bard no more had filled his rhymes With Caesar's greatness , Cæsar's crimes : Another Cæsar waked the string , Alike usurper , traitor , king . Another Cæsar ...
Page 51
... bright as the stars that stud The sky of a cloudless night . To reach my side as she gayly sped , With the step of a bounding fawn , The pebbles scarce moved beneath her tread , Ere the little light foot was gone . With the love of a ...
... bright as the stars that stud The sky of a cloudless night . To reach my side as she gayly sped , With the step of a bounding fawn , The pebbles scarce moved beneath her tread , Ere the little light foot was gone . With the love of a ...
Page 56
... bright with yellow glow , To court the sky- Space for the violet , where the wild woods grow , To live and die . Space for the ocean , in its giant might , To swell and rave- Space for the river , tinged with rosy light , Where green ...
... bright with yellow glow , To court the sky- Space for the violet , where the wild woods grow , To live and die . Space for the ocean , in its giant might , To swell and rave- Space for the river , tinged with rosy light , Where green ...
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