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... earth , and plotting in the dark Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from ...
... earth , and plotting in the dark Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from ...
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... earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects however lovely may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted ...
... earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects however lovely may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted ...
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... earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving - maid was she , and fell in ...
... earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving - maid was she , and fell in ...
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... earth This agreeable cadence is Miltonic . Knew never , till this irksome night . Clamour such as heard in heaven till now Book vi . 442 . Book vi . 816 . Which my mind Par . Lost , v . 35 . Was never . Par . Lost , vi . 209 . Such ...
... earth This agreeable cadence is Miltonic . Knew never , till this irksome night . Clamour such as heard in heaven till now Book vi . 442 . Book vi . 816 . Which my mind Par . Lost , v . 35 . Was never . Par . Lost , vi . 209 . Such ...
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... earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and sickly eye To wait the close of all ? But grant her ...
... earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and sickly eye To wait the close of all ? But grant her ...
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