The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... state , The fober follies of the wife and great ; Dextrous , the craving , fawning croud to quit , And pleas'd to scape from flattery to wit . Absent or dead , ftill let a friend be dear , ( A figh the abfent claims , the dead a tear ) ...
... state , The fober follies of the wife and great ; Dextrous , the craving , fawning croud to quit , And pleas'd to scape from flattery to wit . Absent or dead , ftill let a friend be dear , ( A figh the abfent claims , the dead a tear ) ...
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... state , and dark the place , Was never wight in such a case Through all the land before . But foon as Dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the ...
... state , and dark the place , Was never wight in such a case Through all the land before . But foon as Dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the ...
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... state , Adorn the rich , or praise the great ; Who , while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap ...
... state , Adorn the rich , or praise the great ; Who , while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap ...
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... state , to meet thee there . Encreasing avarice would find Thy prefence in its gold infrin'd . The bold adventurer ploughs his way , Through rocks amidst the foaming sea , To gain thy love ; and then perceives Thou wert not in the rocks ...
... state , to meet thee there . Encreasing avarice would find Thy prefence in its gold infrin'd . The bold adventurer ploughs his way , Through rocks amidst the foaming sea , To gain thy love ; and then perceives Thou wert not in the rocks ...
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... retreat , With dark , with filent , and unactive state , So life's attended - on by certain doom , And death's their reft ; their refting - place , a tomb . It quickly rifes , and it quickly goes , And It 116 PARNELL'S POEMS .
... retreat , With dark , with filent , and unactive state , So life's attended - on by certain doom , And death's their reft ; their refting - place , a tomb . It quickly rifes , and it quickly goes , And It 116 PARNELL'S POEMS .
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