The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... . ANACREONTI C. WHEN fpring came on with fresh delight , To cheer the foul , and charm the fight , While eafy breezes , softer rain , And warmer funs , falute the plain ; ' Twas ' T was then , in yonder piny grove , 16 PARNELL'S POEMS .
... . ANACREONTI C. WHEN fpring came on with fresh delight , To cheer the foul , and charm the fight , While eafy breezes , softer rain , And warmer funs , falute the plain ; ' Twas ' T was then , in yonder piny grove , 16 PARNELL'S POEMS .
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... delights to glide . Thee too , thy form , thy ftrength , and port , proclaim A fcepter'd king ; a fon of martial fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my gueffing eyes . Thus ceased the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the ...
... delights to glide . Thee too , thy form , thy ftrength , and port , proclaim A fcepter'd king ; a fon of martial fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my gueffing eyes . Thus ceased the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the ...
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... delight , Nor can the crimson radifh charm my fight , The lake - refounding Frogs selected fare , Which not a Moufe of any tafte can bear . As thus the downy prince his mind expreft , His answer thus the croaking king addrest : Thy ...
... delight , Nor can the crimson radifh charm my fight , The lake - refounding Frogs selected fare , Which not a Moufe of any tafte can bear . As thus the downy prince his mind expreft , His answer thus the croaking king addrest : Thy ...
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... delights ; The fatal javelin unrelenting flies , And darkness feals the gentle Croaker's eyes . Incens'd Praffophagus , with spritely bound , Bears Cniffodio & tes off the rifing ground , Then drags him o'er the lake depriv'd of breath ...
... delights ; The fatal javelin unrelenting flies , And darkness feals the gentle Croaker's eyes . Incens'd Praffophagus , with spritely bound , Bears Cniffodio & tes off the rifing ground , Then drags him o'er the lake depriv'd of breath ...
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... delight . Long has that poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like monarchs sparkling on a distant throne ; In all the majesty of Greece retir'd , Himself unknown , his mighty name admir'd , His language failing , wrap'd him round with ...
... delight . Long has that poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like monarchs sparkling on a distant throne ; In all the majesty of Greece retir'd , Himself unknown , his mighty name admir'd , His language failing , wrap'd him round with ...
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