The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... fire ! Enjoy thy glory past , that gift was thine ; The next thy creature meets , be fairly mine : And fuch a gift , a vengeance fo defign'd , As fuits the counfel of a God to find ; A pleasing bofom - cheat , a fpecious ill , Which ...
... fire ! Enjoy thy glory past , that gift was thine ; The next thy creature meets , be fairly mine : And fuch a gift , a vengeance fo defign'd , As fuits the counfel of a God to find ; A pleasing bofom - cheat , a fpecious ill , Which ...
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... fire ; Gay fmiles to comfort ; April fhowers to move ; And all the nature , all the art of love . Gold fcepter'd Juno next exalts the fair ; Her touch endows her with imperious air , Self - valuing fancy , highly - crefted pride ...
... fire ; Gay fmiles to comfort ; April fhowers to move ; And all the nature , all the art of love . Gold fcepter'd Juno next exalts the fair ; Her touch endows her with imperious air , Self - valuing fancy , highly - crefted pride ...
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... fire To trail the swains among the mire , The caitiff upward flung ; There , like a tortoife , in a fhop He dangled from the chamber - top , Where whilome Edwin hung . The revel now proceeds apace , Deftly they frisk it o'er the place ...
... fire To trail the swains among the mire , The caitiff upward flung ; There , like a tortoife , in a fhop He dangled from the chamber - top , Where whilome Edwin hung . The revel now proceeds apace , Deftly they frisk it o'er the place ...
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... lover flies , And as he breathes , her glowing fires arife . Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before ' ; Let those who always lov'd , now love the more . Now fair Dione to the myrtle grove Sends the gay I Now 30 PARNELL'S POEM S.
... lover flies , And as he breathes , her glowing fires arife . Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before ' ; Let those who always lov'd , now love the more . Now fair Dione to the myrtle grove Sends the gay I Now 30 PARNELL'S POEM S.
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... fire , Ye tuneful Nine , ye fweet celeftial quire ! From Helicon's imbowering height repair , Attend my labours , and reward my prayer ; The dreadful toils of raging Mars I write , The springs of conteft , and the fields of fight ; How ...
... fire , Ye tuneful Nine , ye fweet celeftial quire ! From Helicon's imbowering height repair , Attend my labours , and reward my prayer ; The dreadful toils of raging Mars I write , The springs of conteft , and the fields of fight ; How ...
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