 ... conceal the skeleton within: Nor heavy hours in listless labour waste; Nor pall, with viands coarse, my blunted taste; Nor ken unornamented murkey walls; Nor join the chorus of domestic brawls; Nor lend an ear to leaden senseless chat, Or the shrill...  Poems on Several Occasions - Page 72by James Woodhouse - 1766 - 181 pagesFull view - About this book
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...an ear to leaden senseless chat, Or the shrill clamours of each squalling brat: Nor wish I sceptre, diadem, and throne, But, HoRACE-like, a vill and farm my own; To range among my lawns, my streams, my trees, Such as he wish'd; or, rather, such as these: Or, in deep meditation stretch'd along,... | |
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