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... sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore , 365 The hoarse , rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some ...
... sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore , 365 The hoarse , rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some ...
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... sense is duc All may allow ; but seek your friendship too . Be silent always , when you doubt your sense ; And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once wrong , will needs be ...
... sense is duc All may allow ; but seek your friendship too . Be silent always , when you doubt your sense ; And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once wrong , will needs be ...
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... sense conducts , And virtue , through this labyrinth we tread . Virtue and sense I mean not to disjoin ; Virtue and sense are one : and , trust me , still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound . Virtue ( for mere good - nature is a ...
... sense conducts , And virtue , through this labyrinth we tread . Virtue and sense I mean not to disjoin ; Virtue and sense are one : and , trust me , still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound . Virtue ( for mere good - nature is a ...
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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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