t a rapture Hes carest! If, in that inexpressive Hour, 1 The Master of Imperial Power Should through each tempting region range, J IAnd offer all for the Exchange, Her eyes she d rivet on his charms, And clasp him closer in her arms. —The Mothers fondness for her child Is Nature pure and undefild;… … 00 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 123 And as strength guides his better speed,New Joys and other cares succeed.Learning now points the ghmrnring way,And lights him with its feeble ray:At length its warmer beams expressThe bloom of future fruitfulness.Then Reason will begin to stirThe embryo seeds of…
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