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... hand to rapine bred , Plucks off the curling honours of thy head . Here dives the skulking thief , with practis'd sleight , And unfelt fingers make thy pocket light . Where's now thy watch , with all its trinkets , flown ? And thy late ...
... hand to rapine bred , Plucks off the curling honours of thy head . Here dives the skulking thief , with practis'd sleight , And unfelt fingers make thy pocket light . Where's now thy watch , with all its trinkets , flown ? And thy late ...
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... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? 5 On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews ...
... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? 5 On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews ...
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... hand Turns on the wretched hearth th ' expiring brand ! Nor yet can Time itself obtain for these Life's latest comforts , due respect and ease : For yonder see that hoary swain , whose age Can with no cares except his own engage ; Who ...
... hand Turns on the wretched hearth th ' expiring brand ! Nor yet can Time itself obtain for these Life's latest comforts , due respect and ease : For yonder see that hoary swain , whose age Can with no cares except his own engage ; Who ...
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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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