...spread a ruin round. E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done; E'en now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the...the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil,...

...land. , i Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail That, idly waiting, flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the...connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...

...the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, atchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent, What choice to choose fo plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...

...the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale. Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the...connubial Tenderness, are there; And Piety with wishes plac'd above. And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...

...spread a ruin round. E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the...the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil,...

...by regret, I could not help repeating the lines of Goldsmith as they descended Hungerford Stairs : " Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see...the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move — a melancholy hand, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand." c If the...

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...land. , Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail. That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the...connubial Tenderness, are there : And Piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady Loyalty and faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid. Still...

...effects of a compulsory emigration, furnishes a beautiful example : " Even now, the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done; Even now,...the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented Toil,...