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Page 11
... proud words , and vain ! Implicit treason to divine decree ! A bold invasion of the rights of Heaven ! I clasp'd the phantoms , and I found them air . Oh ! had I weigh'd it ere my fond embrace , What darts of agony had miss'd my heart ...
... proud words , and vain ! Implicit treason to divine decree ! A bold invasion of the rights of Heaven ! I clasp'd the phantoms , and I found them air . Oh ! had I weigh'd it ere my fond embrace , What darts of agony had miss'd my heart ...
Page 35
... proud Assyrian pale , Erewhile high - flush'd , with insolence , and wine ? Like that , the dial speaks ; and points to thee , Lorenzo ! loth to break thy banquet up : " O man , thy kingdom is departing from thee ; And , while it lasts ...
... proud Assyrian pale , Erewhile high - flush'd , with insolence , and wine ? Like that , the dial speaks ; and points to thee , Lorenzo ! loth to break thy banquet up : " O man , thy kingdom is departing from thee ; And , while it lasts ...
Page 37
... proud resource ? ' Tis poor , as proud , by converse unsustain'd . Rude thought runs wild in contemplation's field ; Converse , the menage , breaks it to the bit Of due restraint ; and emulation's spur Gives graceful energy , by rivals ...
... proud resource ? ' Tis poor , as proud , by converse unsustain'd . Rude thought runs wild in contemplation's field ; Converse , the menage , breaks it to the bit Of due restraint ; and emulation's spur Gives graceful energy , by rivals ...
Page 50
... proud man that is ashamed to weep ; Our tears indulged , indeed deserve our shame . Ye that e'er lost an angel ! pity me . Soon as the lustre languish'd in her eye , Dawning a dimmer day on human sight ; And on her cheek , the residence ...
... proud man that is ashamed to weep ; Our tears indulged , indeed deserve our shame . Ye that e'er lost an angel ! pity me . Soon as the lustre languish'd in her eye , Dawning a dimmer day on human sight ; And on her cheek , the residence ...
Page 55
... proud human thought ! There let my thought expatiate , and explore Balsamic truths , and healing sentiments , Of all most wanted , and most welcome , here . For gay Lorenzo's sake , and for thy own , My soul ! " the fruits of dying ...
... proud human thought ! There let my thought expatiate , and explore Balsamic truths , and healing sentiments , Of all most wanted , and most welcome , here . For gay Lorenzo's sake , and for thy own , My soul ! " the fruits of dying ...
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