The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... see the dreams of ancient wisdom rise ; I fee the Mufes round the body cry , But hear a Cupid loudly laughing by ; He wheels his arrow with infulting hand , And thus infcribes the moral on the fand . " Here Hefiod lies : ye future Bards ...
... see the dreams of ancient wisdom rise ; I fee the Mufes round the body cry , But hear a Cupid loudly laughing by ; He wheels his arrow with infulting hand , And thus infcribes the moral on the fand . " Here Hefiod lies : ye future Bards ...
Page 66
... See where his teeth a paffage eat : We'll roufe him from the deep retreat . But who the shelter's forc'd to give ? ' Tis facred Virgil , as I live ! From leaf to leaf , from fong to fong , He draws the tadpole form along , He mounts the ...
... See where his teeth a paffage eat : We'll roufe him from the deep retreat . But who the shelter's forc'd to give ? ' Tis facred Virgil , as I live ! From leaf to leaf , from fong to fong , He draws the tadpole form along , He mounts the ...
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... see , " Come share the triumph all with me ! " Ye Critics ! born to vex the Muse , " Go mourn the grand ally you lose . " AN ALLEGORY ON MAN . A Thoughtful Being , long and spare , Our race of mortals call him Care ( Were Homer living ...
... see , " Come share the triumph all with me ! " Ye Critics ! born to vex the Muse , " Go mourn the grand ally you lose . " AN ALLEGORY ON MAN . A Thoughtful Being , long and spare , Our race of mortals call him Care ( Were Homer living ...
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... see with what a grace He gravely fhew'd his forward face , Jove talk'd of breeding him on high , An under - something of the sky . But ere he gave the mighty nod , Which ever binds a Poet's God ( For which his curls ambrofial fshake ...
... see with what a grace He gravely fhew'd his forward face , Jove talk'd of breeding him on high , An under - something of the sky . But ere he gave the mighty nod , Which ever binds a Poet's God ( For which his curls ambrofial fshake ...
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... See the glad fcene unfolding wide , Clap the glad wing , and tower away , And mingle with the blaze of day . HYMN TO CONTENTMENT . L OVELY , lafting peace of mind ! Sweet delight of human kind ! Heavenly born , and bred on high , To ...
... See the glad fcene unfolding wide , Clap the glad wing , and tower away , And mingle with the blaze of day . HYMN TO CONTENTMENT . L OVELY , lafting peace of mind ! Sweet delight of human kind ! Heavenly born , and bred on high , To ...
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