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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BOOK IV. THE WINTER EVENING. Hark 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearifome but needful length Beftrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright;? He comes, the herald of a noify world, With Ipatter'd boots, ftrapp'd waift, and frozen locks. News from all nations lumb'ring at his back. True to his charge, the clofe-pack'd load behind, Yet carelefs what he brings, his one concern Is to conduct it to the deftin'd inn; t. And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pafs on. He whiffles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful: meflenger of grief Perhaps to thoufands, and of joy to fome 5 To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houfes in afhes, and the fall of flocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epiftles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fail as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous fighs of abfent fwains, Or nymphs refponfive3 equally affect His horfe and him, unconfcious of them all. But oh th' important budget ufher'd in With fuch heart-making mufic, who can fay What are its tidings ? have our troops awak'd ? Or do they ftill, as if with opium drugg'd, Snore to the murmurs of th' atlantic wave ? Is India free ? and does me wear her plum'd And jewell'd turban with a fmile of peace, Or do we grind her ftill ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wifdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh?I long to know them all; I burn to fet th' imprifon'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. Now ftir the fire, and clofe the fhutters faft, Let fall the curtains, wheel the fofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-raffing urn Throws up a fteamy column, and the cups, That cheer but n...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217029308 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217029302 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 168 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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