The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... fhall rife ! What frowns confuse his picture of the skies ! At first the creature man was fram'd alone , Lord of himself , and all the world his own . For him the Nymphs in green forfook the woods , For him the Nymphs in blue forfook ...
... fhall rife ! What frowns confuse his picture of the skies ! At first the creature man was fram'd alone , Lord of himself , and all the world his own . For him the Nymphs in green forfook the woods , For him the Nymphs in blue forfook ...
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... fhall I , and when the fwallow fing ? Sweet Philomela , ceafe : -Or here I fit , And filent lofe my rapturous hour of wit : ' Tis gone , the fit retires , the flames decay , My tuneful Phoebus flies averfe away . His own Amycle thus ...
... fhall I , and when the fwallow fing ? Sweet Philomela , ceafe : -Or here I fit , And filent lofe my rapturous hour of wit : ' Tis gone , the fit retires , the flames decay , My tuneful Phoebus flies averfe away . His own Amycle thus ...
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... , Know God - and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace fhall prove its guest , And I'll be there to crown the rest . Oh ! Oh ! by yonder moffy feat , In my hours HYMN TO CONTENTMENT . 79.
... , Know God - and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace fhall prove its guest , And I'll be there to crown the rest . Oh ! Oh ! by yonder moffy feat , In my hours HYMN TO CONTENTMENT . 79.
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... fhall doubly overflow . So chear'd with more officious hafte They bring the dung of every beast ; The loads they wheel , the roots they bare , They lay the rich manure with care ; While oft he calls to labour hard , And names as oft the ...
... fhall doubly overflow . So chear'd with more officious hafte They bring the dung of every beast ; The loads they wheel , the roots they bare , They lay the rich manure with care ; While oft he calls to labour hard , And names as oft the ...
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... fhall be blefs'd , the faid : Then upwards shooting in the vernal air , With loaded boughs the fruitful Olive spread . Jove faw what gift the rural powers defign'd ; And took th ' impartial fcales , resolv'd to fhow , If greater blifs ...
... fhall be blefs'd , the faid : Then upwards shooting in the vernal air , With loaded boughs the fruitful Olive spread . Jove faw what gift the rural powers defign'd ; And took th ' impartial fcales , resolv'd to fhow , If greater blifs ...
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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