The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue . Oh , just beheld , and loft ! admir'd , and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentleft arts adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in every strain ; Dear to the Mufe , to Harley dear - in vain ...
... death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue . Oh , just beheld , and loft ! admir'd , and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentleft arts adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in every strain ; Dear to the Mufe , to Harley dear - in vain ...
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... 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 , When intereft calls off all her fneaking train ...
... 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 , When intereft calls off all her fneaking train ...
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... 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 standing pool ; When near a courteous Frog advanc'd ...
... 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 standing pool ; When near a courteous Frog advanc'd ...
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... death his ambush plants around the bait : All dreaded thefe , and dreadful o'er the reft The potent warriors of the tabby vest , If to the dark we fly , the dark they trace , And rend our heroes of the nibbling race , But me , nor ...
... death his ambush plants around the bait : All dreaded thefe , and dreadful o'er the reft The potent warriors of the tabby vest , If to the dark we fly , the dark they trace , And rend our heroes of the nibbling race , But me , nor ...
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... death his prayers he fpake , And thus bemoan'd him from the dreadful lake : So pafs'd Europa through the rapid sea , Trembling and fainting all the venturous way .; With oary feet the bull triumphant rode , And fafe in Crete depos'd his ...
... death his prayers he fpake , And thus bemoan'd him from the dreadful lake : So pafs'd Europa through the rapid sea , Trembling and fainting all the venturous way .; With oary feet the bull triumphant rode , And fafe in Crete depos'd his ...
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