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... light repays . Whether those stars that twinkling lustre send , Are suns , and rolling worlds those suns attend , Man may conjecture , and new schemes declare , Yet all his systems but conjectures are ; But this we know , that Heav'n's ...
... light repays . Whether those stars that twinkling lustre send , Are suns , and rolling worlds those suns attend , Man may conjecture , and new schemes declare , Yet all his systems but conjectures are ; But this we know , that Heav'n's ...
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... light . Cic❜ly , brisk maid , steps forth before the rout , And kiss'd with smacking lip the snoring lout . For custom says , whoe'er this venture proves , For such a kiss demands a pair of gloves . By her example Dorcas bolder grows ...
... light . Cic❜ly , brisk maid , steps forth before the rout , And kiss'd with smacking lip the snoring lout . For custom says , whoe'er this venture proves , For such a kiss demands a pair of gloves . By her example Dorcas bolder grows ...
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... light serenely fair Illustrates all the tracts of air , The sacred Spirit so may rest With quick'ning beams upon thy breast , And kindly clean it all within From darker blemishes of sin , And shine with grace , until we view The realm ...
... light serenely fair Illustrates all the tracts of air , The sacred Spirit so may rest With quick'ning beams upon thy breast , And kindly clean it all within From darker blemishes of sin , And shine with grace , until we view The realm ...
Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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