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... Thy want of worth ; a charge thou couldst not hear From other lips , without a blush of shame , Or pride indignant ; then be thine the blame , And make thyself of worth ; and thus enlist The 18 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY .
... Thy want of worth ; a charge thou couldst not hear From other lips , without a blush of shame , Or pride indignant ; then be thine the blame , And make thyself of worth ; and thus enlist The 18 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY .
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... hear Him ; quit that fearful way ! Come , listen to His voice who died to save Lost man , and raise him from his moral grave ; From darkness showed a path of light to heaven ; Cried , " Rise and walk ; thy sins are all forgiven ...
... hear Him ; quit that fearful way ! Come , listen to His voice who died to save Lost man , and raise him from his moral grave ; From darkness showed a path of light to heaven ; Cried , " Rise and walk ; thy sins are all forgiven ...
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... hear them . Had . But why contemn a Spirit's love ? so high , So glorious , if he haply deigned ? — Tam . Forswear My Maker ! love a Demon ! Had . No - 0 , no- My thoughts but wandered - Oft , alas ! they wander . Tam . Why dost thou ...
... hear them . Had . But why contemn a Spirit's love ? so high , So glorious , if he haply deigned ? — Tam . Forswear My Maker ! love a Demon ! Had . No - 0 , no- My thoughts but wandered - Oft , alas ! they wander . Tam . Why dost thou ...
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... hear it only at twilight ; thus , with that same perilous love of excitement which made her place the windharp in the window when she was composing , seeking to increase the effect which the song produced upon a nervous system , already ...
... hear it only at twilight ; thus , with that same perilous love of excitement which made her place the windharp in the window when she was composing , seeking to increase the effect which the song produced upon a nervous system , already ...
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... hear that joyous call ; he sees No beauty in the wave ; he feels no breeze . For he's accurst from all that's good ; He ne'er must know its healing power . The sinner on his sins must brood ; Must wait , alone , his hour . Thou stranger ...
... hear that joyous call ; he sees No beauty in the wave ; he feels no breeze . For he's accurst from all that's good ; He ne'er must know its healing power . The sinner on his sins must brood ; Must wait , alone , his hour . Thou stranger ...
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