The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... breath , The luft of lucre , and the dread of death . In vain to deferts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thee to thy filent shade : Tis hers , the brave man's latest steps to trace , Re - judge his acts , and dignify disgrace ...
... breath , The luft of lucre , and the dread of death . In vain to deferts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thee to thy filent shade : Tis hers , the brave man's latest steps to trace , Re - judge his acts , and dignify disgrace ...
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... breath'd her various arts , Of trifling prettily with wounded hearts ; A mind for love , but ftill a changing mind ; The lifp affected , and the glance defign'd ; The sweet confusing blush , the fecret wink , The gentle fwimming walk ...
... breath'd her various arts , Of trifling prettily with wounded hearts ; A mind for love , but ftill a changing mind ; The lifp affected , and the glance defign'd ; The sweet confusing blush , the fecret wink , The gentle fwimming walk ...
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... breath , And juft efcap'd the ftretching claws of death , A gentle Moufe , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled swift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst to cool , And dipp'd his whiskers in the ...
... breath , And juft efcap'd the ftretching claws of death , A gentle Moufe , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled swift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst to cool , And dipp'd his whiskers in the ...
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... breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , . And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by . falfe appearance led , They point their anger at my guiltless head , But wage the rifing war by deep ...
... breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , . And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by . falfe appearance led , They point their anger at my guiltless head , But wage the rifing war by deep ...
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... breath'd his foul against the face of day . The ftrong Lymnocharis , who view'd with ire A victor triumph , and a friend expire ; With heaving arms a rocky fragment caught , And fiercely flung where Troglodytes fought ( A warrior vers'd ...
... breath'd his foul against the face of day . The ftrong Lymnocharis , who view'd with ire A victor triumph , and a friend expire ; With heaving arms a rocky fragment caught , And fiercely flung where Troglodytes fought ( A warrior vers'd ...
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