PoemsW. Lewis, published by W.H. Reid, 1820 - 480 pages |
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Page 12
... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world : And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world : And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
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... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
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... soon opening wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errours of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry ...
... soon opening wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errours of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry ...
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... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Lewenhoeck ...
... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Lewenhoeck ...
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... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part - his head : For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such ...
... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part - his head : For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such ...
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