The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... rage of power , the blaft of public breath , The luft of lucre , and the dread of death . In vain to deferts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thee to thy filent shade : Tis hers , the brave man's latest steps to trace , Re - judge ...
... rage of power , the blaft of public breath , The luft of lucre , and the dread of death . In vain to deferts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thee to thy filent shade : Tis hers , the brave man's latest steps to trace , Re - judge ...
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... rage , the Tritons rave , They bore him heroes in the fecret cave . No care deftroy'd , no fick disorder prey'd , No bending age his fprightly form decay'd , No wars were known , no females heard to rage , And , Poets tell us , ' t was ...
... rage , the Tritons rave , They bore him heroes in the fecret cave . No care deftroy'd , no fick disorder prey'd , No bending age his fprightly form decay'd , No wars were known , no females heard to rage , And , Poets tell us , ' t was ...
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... rage , affault the Bard . His corpfe the fea receiv'd . The dolphins bore ( Twas all the Gods would do ) the corpfe to shore . Methinks I view the dead with pitying eyes , And see the dreams of ancient wisdom rise ; I fee the Mufes ...
... rage , affault the Bard . His corpfe the fea receiv'd . The dolphins bore ( Twas all the Gods would do ) the corpfe to shore . Methinks I view the dead with pitying eyes , And see the dreams of ancient wisdom rise ; I fee the Mufes ...
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... , And darts with active rage along the waves . Confus'd the monarch fees his hiffing foe , And dives , to fhun the fable fates below . For- Forgetful Frog ! the friend thy fhoulders bore , Unskill'd 40 PARNELL'S POEMS .
... , And darts with active rage along the waves . Confus'd the monarch fees his hiffing foe , And dives , to fhun the fable fates below . For- Forgetful Frog ! the friend thy fhoulders bore , Unskill'd 40 PARNELL'S POEMS .
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... rage exprest : Nor thou , that fling'st me floundering from thy back , As from hard rocks rebounds the shattering wrack , Nor thou fhalt ' fcape thy due , perfidious king ! Purfued by vengeance on the swiftest wing ! At land thy ...
... rage exprest : Nor thou , that fling'st me floundering from thy back , As from hard rocks rebounds the shattering wrack , Nor thou fhalt ' fcape thy due , perfidious king ! Purfued by vengeance on the swiftest wing ! At land thy ...
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