The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... 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 the floods ; In vain the Satyrs rage , the Tritons rave , They ...
... 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 the floods ; In vain the Satyrs rage , the Tritons rave , They ...
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... first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's fweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He finil'd , he kiss'd them , and by kiffing grew . Let ...
... first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's fweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He finil'd , he kiss'd them , and by kiffing grew . Let ...
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... first impetuous fhocks of fight : Then , where the dancing feather joins the creft , Let each brave Frog his obvious Mouse arrest ; Each , ftrongly grafping , headlong plunge a foe , Till countless circles whirl the lake below ; Down ...
... first impetuous fhocks of fight : Then , where the dancing feather joins the creft , Let each brave Frog his obvious Mouse arrest ; Each , ftrongly grafping , headlong plunge a foe , Till countless circles whirl the lake below ; Down ...
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... First to the fight large Hypfiboas flew , And brave Lychenor with a javelin flew . The luckless warrior , fill'd with generous flame , Stood foremost glittering in the post of fame ; When , in his liver ftruck , the javelin hung , The ...
... First to the fight large Hypfiboas flew , And brave Lychenor with a javelin flew . The luckless warrior , fill'd with generous flame , Stood foremost glittering in the post of fame ; When , in his liver ftruck , the javelin hung , The ...
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... first receiv'd a guest ) ; Slow creeking turns the door with jealous care , And half he welcomes - in the fhivering pair ; One frugal faggot lights the naked walls , And nature's fervor through their limbs recalls : Bread of the ...
... first receiv'd a guest ) ; Slow creeking turns the door with jealous care , And half he welcomes - in the fhivering pair ; One frugal faggot lights the naked walls , And nature's fervor through their limbs recalls : Bread of the ...
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