The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... please . ; , - I wave the contest , and commence the lays . In days of yore ( no matter where or when , ' Twas ere the low creation fwarm'd with men ) . That one Prometheus , fprung of heavenly birth , ( Our Author's fong can witnefs ) ...
... please . ; , - I wave the contest , and commence the lays . In days of yore ( no matter where or when , ' Twas ere the low creation fwarm'd with men ) . That one Prometheus , fprung of heavenly birth , ( Our Author's fong can witnefs ) ...
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... please by found . To dress the maid , the decent Graces brought A robe in all the dies of beauty wrought , And plac'd their boxes o'er a rich brocade , Where pictur'd Loves on every cover play'd ; Then spread those implements that ...
... please by found . To dress the maid , the decent Graces brought A robe in all the dies of beauty wrought , And plac'd their boxes o'er a rich brocade , Where pictur'd Loves on every cover play'd ; Then spread those implements that ...
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... please , the Fair ! The days of whining , and of wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad Abroad the labour , and ...
... please , the Fair ! The days of whining , and of wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad Abroad the labour , and ...
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... please the sprightly God , Each fweet engaging Grace Put on fome cloaths to come abroad , And took a waiter's place . Then Cupid nam'd at every glass A lady of the sky ; While Bacchus fwore he'd drink the lafs And had it bumper - high ...
... please the sprightly God , Each fweet engaging Grace Put on fome cloaths to come abroad , And took a waiter's place . Then Cupid nam'd at every glass A lady of the sky ; While Bacchus fwore he'd drink the lafs And had it bumper - high ...
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... please the Goddefs of the feaft . Thus . fpake the Ruler of the spacious skies.- But thus , refolv'd , the blue - ey'd Maid replies : In vain , my father ! all their dangers plead , To fuch thy Pallas never grants her aid . My flowery ...
... please the Goddefs of the feaft . Thus . fpake the Ruler of the spacious skies.- But thus , refolv'd , the blue - ey'd Maid replies : In vain , my father ! all their dangers plead , To fuch thy Pallas never grants her aid . My flowery ...
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