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... delight and sweetness . My logic then has lost its aim , If sweet and bitter be the same : And he , methinks , is no great scholar , Who can mistake desire for choler . " The like may of the heart be said ; Courage and terror there are ...
... delight and sweetness . My logic then has lost its aim , If sweet and bitter be the same : And he , methinks , is no great scholar , Who can mistake desire for choler . " The like may of the heart be said ; Courage and terror there are ...
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... delight , and sighs that waft to Heav'n . Grace shines around her with serenest beams , And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams . For her th ' unfading rose of Eden blooms , And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes , For her the ...
... delight , and sighs that waft to Heav'n . Grace shines around her with serenest beams , And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams . For her th ' unfading rose of Eden blooms , And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes , For her the ...
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... delight to pass his time In spinning reason into harmless rhyme , Or sometimes boldly venture to the play ? 400 Say , where's the crime , great man of prudence , say ? No two on earth in all things can agree ; All have some darling ...
... delight to pass his time In spinning reason into harmless rhyme , Or sometimes boldly venture to the play ? 400 Say , where's the crime , great man of prudence , say ? No two on earth in all things can agree ; All have some darling ...
Contents
An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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