A Collection of English Poems, 1660-1800Ronald Salmon Crane |
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... heav'n - born Charity , thy blessings shed ; Bid meagre Want uprear her sickly head : Bid shiv'ring limbs be warm ; let plenty's bowle In humble roofs make glad the needy soul . See , see , the heav'n - born maid her blessings shed ; Lo ...
... heav'n - born Charity , thy blessings shed ; Bid meagre Want uprear her sickly head : Bid shiv'ring limbs be warm ; let plenty's bowle In humble roofs make glad the needy soul . See , see , the heav'n - born maid her blessings shed ; Lo ...
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... heav'n ! but whence arose that pray'r ? Sprung it from piety , or from despair ? Ev'n here , where frozen chastity retires , Love finds an altar for forbidden fires . I ought to grieve , but cannot what I ought ; I mourn the lover , not ...
... heav'n ! but whence arose that pray'r ? Sprung it from piety , or from despair ? Ev'n here , where frozen chastity retires , Love finds an altar for forbidden fires . I ought to grieve , but cannot what I ought ; I mourn the lover , not ...
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... Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . Know , all the good that individuals find , Or God and Nature meant to mere Mankind , Reason's whole pleasure , all the joys of Sense , Lie ...
... Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . Know , all the good that individuals find , Or God and Nature meant to mere Mankind , Reason's whole pleasure , all the joys of Sense , Lie ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 161816331667 | 1 |
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT 160616351668 | 12 |
SIR JOHN DENHAM 161516421669 | 20 |
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