The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... deep cave , the Sifter Fates explore , Then fix the loom , their fingers nimbly weave , And thus their toil prophetic fongs deceive . Flow from the rock , my flax ! and swiftly flow , Pursue thy thread ; the spindle runs below . A ...
... deep cave , the Sifter Fates explore , Then fix the loom , their fingers nimbly weave , And thus their toil prophetic fongs deceive . Flow from the rock , my flax ! and swiftly flow , Pursue thy thread ; the spindle runs below . A ...
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... deep : But , whilst he looks unmindful of a storm , And thinks the water wears a ftable form , What dreadful din around his ears fhall rife ! What frowns confuse his picture of the skies ! At first the creature man was fram'd alone ...
... deep : But , whilst he looks unmindful of a storm , And thinks the water wears a ftable form , What dreadful din around his ears fhall rife ! What frowns confuse his picture of the skies ! At first the creature man was fram'd alone ...
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... deep the fwan begins , and deep the song Runs o'er the water where he fails along : While Philomela turns a treble strain , And from the poplar charms the listening plain , We fancy love expreft at every note , It melts , it warbles ...
... deep the fwan begins , and deep the song Runs o'er the water where he fails along : While Philomela turns a treble strain , And from the poplar charms the listening plain , We fancy love expreft at every note , It melts , it warbles ...
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... deep a Water - Hydra rofe ; He rolls his fanguin'd eyes , his bofom heaves , And darts with active rage along the waves . Confus'd the monarch fees his hiffing foe , And dives , to fhun the fable fates below . For- Forgetful Frog ! the ...
... deep a Water - Hydra rofe ; He rolls his fanguin'd eyes , his bofom heaves , And darts with active rage along the waves . Confus'd the monarch fees his hiffing foe , And dives , to fhun the fable fates below . For- Forgetful Frog ! the ...
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... deep murmurs found , And thriller fury fills the deafen'd ground . From lodge to lodge , the facred heralds run , To fix their council with the rifing fun ; Where great Troxartas crown'd in glory reigns , And winds his lengthening court ...
... deep murmurs found , And thriller fury fills the deafen'd ground . From lodge to lodge , the facred heralds run , To fix their council with the rifing fun ; Where great Troxartas crown'd in glory reigns , And winds his lengthening court ...
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æther ANTISTROPHE arife aſk beauty beneath bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom breaft breath bright charms chearful cloſe defcend defire divine eaſe eyes facred fafe fair falute fame fancy fate fear feat feek feem feen fhade fhall fhepherds fhine fhow fide fight filent filver fing fix'd fkies flain flame fleep flies flowers foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpring Frogs ftand ftill ftream fuch fung fweet glory grace grove heart Ifrael king laſt lefs Lord lov'd Meaſures mind mufic night numbers Nymphs o'er paffion Pelops plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe prefence purſue rage rais'd raiſe realms reft rife rofe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand Twas verfe voice whofe whoſe winds wondrous