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... Hope shows an equalled fertility of invention : Hope , whose weak being ruin'd is , Alike if it succeed , and if it miss ; Whom good or ill does equally confound , And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound ; Vain shadow ! which dost ...
... Hope shows an equalled fertility of invention : Hope , whose weak being ruin'd is , Alike if it succeed , and if it miss ; Whom good or ill does equally confound , And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound ; Vain shadow ! which dost ...
Pagina 19
... Hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Hope , thou bold taster of delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys ...
... Hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Hope , thou bold taster of delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys ...
Pagina 174
... Hope , kind flatt'rer ! tun'd my pensive lay , Whisp'ring that you , who rais'd me from despair , Meant , by your smiles , to make life worth my care ; With pitying hand an orphan's tears to screen , And o'er the motherless extend the ...
... Hope , kind flatt'rer ! tun'd my pensive lay , Whisp'ring that you , who rais'd me from despair , Meant , by your smiles , to make life worth my care ; With pitying hand an orphan's tears to screen , And o'er the motherless extend the ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
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