The Bee: A Selection of Poetry from Approved AuthorsDarton & Harvey, 1811 - 204 pages |
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... Wisdom ... Ode on Sweetness Ode to Melancholy Ode to Reflection ... Page . ..... Pope 42 .Thomson 31 ... Eupolis 116 ... . Parnel 191 .Arbuthnot 160 Young 74 1 .... Gray 55 ..... Milton 53 .... ..... ..Barbauld 78 ... Carter 87 ...
... Wisdom ... Ode on Sweetness Ode to Melancholy Ode to Reflection ... Page . ..... Pope 42 .Thomson 31 ... Eupolis 116 ... . Parnel 191 .Arbuthnot 160 Young 74 1 .... Gray 55 ..... Milton 53 .... ..... ..Barbauld 78 ... Carter 87 ...
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... wisdom taught To read his wonders , in whose thought the world , Fair as it is , existed ere it was : Nor for his own sake merely , but for his Much more he fashion'd it , who gives it praise ; Praise that , from earth resulting , as it ...
... wisdom taught To read his wonders , in whose thought the world , Fair as it is , existed ere it was : Nor for his own sake merely , but for his Much more he fashion'd it , who gives it praise ; Praise that , from earth resulting , as it ...
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... wisdom . Thou hast built , With means that were not till by thee employ'd , Worlds that had never been , hadst thou in strength Been less , or less benevolent than strong . They are thy witnesses , who speak thy pow'r And goodness ...
... wisdom . Thou hast built , With means that were not till by thee employ'd , Worlds that had never been , hadst thou in strength Been less , or less benevolent than strong . They are thy witnesses , who speak thy pow'r And goodness ...
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... wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still water , and beneath clear skies . He that is ever occupied in storms , Or dives not for it , or brings up instead , Vainly industrious , a disgraceful prize . ON SLAVERY . BY THE SAME ...
... wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still water , and beneath clear skies . He that is ever occupied in storms , Or dives not for it , or brings up instead , Vainly industrious , a disgraceful prize . ON SLAVERY . BY THE SAME ...
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... wisdom widely stray , Or point at best the longest way . I'll seek a readier path , and go Where wisdom's surely taught below . How deep yon azure dyes the sky ! Where orbs of gold unnumber'd lie ; While through their ranks , in silver ...
... wisdom widely stray , Or point at best the longest way . I'll seek a readier path , and go Where wisdom's surely taught below . How deep yon azure dyes the sky ! Where orbs of gold unnumber'd lie ; While through their ranks , in silver ...
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