The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... 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 felt the curfe , yet covets still to feel . He faid , and Vulcan ftrait the ...
... 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 felt the curfe , yet covets still to feel . He faid , and Vulcan ftrait the ...
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... meet a friend . Thus in a thousand wax - erected forts A loitering race the painful bee fupports ; From fun to fun , from bank to bank he flies , With honey loads his bag , with wax his thighs ; Fly where he will , at home the race ...
... meet a friend . Thus in a thousand wax - erected forts A loitering race the painful bee fupports ; From fun to fun , from bank to bank he flies , With honey loads his bag , with wax his thighs ; Fly where he will , at home the race ...
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... meet with Love . Green was her robe , and green her wreath , Where - e'er fhe trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for ...
... meet with Love . Green was her robe , and green her wreath , Where - e'er fhe trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for ...
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... meet the wondrous odds , Though Gods oppofe , and brave the wounded Gods . O'er gilded clouds reclin'd , the danger view , And be the wars of mortal fcenes for you . So mov'd the blue - ey'd Queen ; her words perfuade , Great Jove ...
... meet the wondrous odds , Though Gods oppofe , and brave the wounded Gods . O'er gilded clouds reclin'd , the danger view , And be the wars of mortal fcenes for you . So mov'd the blue - ey'd Queen ; her words perfuade , Great Jove ...
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... meet , and form the lengthening line : The chiefs , confpicuous feen and heard afar , Give the loud fignal to the rushing war ; Their dreadful trumpets deep - mouth'd hornets found , The founding charge remurmurs o'er the ground , Ev'n ...
... meet , and form the lengthening line : The chiefs , confpicuous feen and heard afar , Give the loud fignal to the rushing war ; Their dreadful trumpets deep - mouth'd hornets found , The founding charge remurmurs o'er the ground , Ev'n ...
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