The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Page 50
... brings Betwixt the fortunes of contending kings : Lank harmless Frog ! with forces hardly grown , He darts the reed in combat not his own , 1 . Which , faintly tinkling on Troxartas ' shield , Hangs Which , 50 PARNELL'S POEM.S. Enrag'd ...
... brings Betwixt the fortunes of contending kings : Lank harmless Frog ! with forces hardly grown , He darts the reed in combat not his own , 1 . Which , faintly tinkling on Troxartas ' shield , Hangs Which , 50 PARNELL'S POEM.S. Enrag'd ...
Page 59
... bring thy mountain - fifter , Exercise . Call'd by thy lovely voice , the turns her pace , Her winding horn proclaims the finish'd chace ; She mounts the rocks , the fkims the level plain , Dogs , hawks , and horses , croud her early ...
... bring thy mountain - fifter , Exercise . Call'd by thy lovely voice , the turns her pace , Her winding horn proclaims the finish'd chace ; She mounts the rocks , the fkims the level plain , Dogs , hawks , and horses , croud her early ...
Page 60
... bring thy daughter , calm Content , along , Dame of the ruddy cheek and laughing eye , From whofe bright prefence clouds of forrow fly : For her I mow my walks , I plat my bowers , Clip my low hedges , and fupport my flowers ; To ...
... bring thy daughter , calm Content , along , Dame of the ruddy cheek and laughing eye , From whofe bright prefence clouds of forrow fly : For her I mow my walks , I plat my bowers , Clip my low hedges , and fupport my flowers ; To ...
Page 67
... Bring Homer , Virgil , Taffo near , To pile a facred altar here ; Hold , boy , thy hand out - runs thy wit , You reach'd the plays that Dennis writ You reach'd me Philips ' ruftic strain ; Pray take your mortal Bards again . - Come ...
... Bring Homer , Virgil , Taffo near , To pile a facred altar here ; Hold , boy , thy hand out - runs thy wit , You reach'd the plays that Dennis writ You reach'd me Philips ' ruftic strain ; Pray take your mortal Bards again . - Come ...
Page 68
... bring the weapon , yonder blade , With which my tuneful pens are made . I ftrike the fcales that arm thee round , And twice and thrice I print the wound ; The facred altar floats with red , And now he dies , and now he ' s dead . How ...
... bring the weapon , yonder blade , With which my tuneful pens are made . I ftrike the fcales that arm thee round , And twice and thrice I print the wound ; The facred altar floats with red , And now he dies , and now he ' s dead . How ...
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