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... youth they conquer , with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or happiness at home . But wisdom's triumph is well - tim'd retreat , As hard a ...
... youth they conquer , with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or happiness at home . But wisdom's triumph is well - tim'd retreat , As hard a ...
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... youth with flocks upon the plain , At morn she came those willing flocks to lead , Where lilies rear them in the wat'ry mead ; From early dawn the livelong hours she told , Till late at silent eve she penn'd the fold . Deep in the grove ...
... youth with flocks upon the plain , At morn she came those willing flocks to lead , Where lilies rear them in the wat'ry mead ; From early dawn the livelong hours she told , Till late at silent eve she penn'd the fold . Deep in the grove ...
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... youth is low , the youth is pale ; he lies on Lena's heath ! " " Fell the swiftest in the race , " said the king , " the first to bend the bow ? Thou scarce hast been known to me ! why did young Ryno fall ? But sleep thou softly on Lena ...
... youth is low , the youth is pale ; he lies on Lena's heath ! " " Fell the swiftest in the race , " said the king , " the first to bend the bow ? Thou scarce hast been known to me ! why did young Ryno fall ? But sleep thou softly on Lena ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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