The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... tear ) Recall thofe nights that clos'd thy toilfome days , Still hear thy Parnell in his living lays : Who , careless now , of intereft , fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meanest what we ...
... tear ) Recall thofe nights that clos'd thy toilfome days , Still hear thy Parnell in his living lays : Who , careless now , of intereft , fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meanest what we ...
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... Would break the other's heart . S Ο N G. M Y days have been fo wondrous free , The little birds , that fly With careless case from tree to tree , Were but as blefs'd as I. Ask Ask gliding waters , if a tear Of mine increas'd S O N G. 15 ..
... Would break the other's heart . S Ο N G. M Y days have been fo wondrous free , The little birds , that fly With careless case from tree to tree , Were but as blefs'd as I. Ask Ask gliding waters , if a tear Of mine increas'd S O N G. 15 ..
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Ask gliding waters , if a tear Of mine increas'd their stream ? Or afk the flying gales , if e'er I lent one figh to them ? But now my former days retire , And I'm by beauty caught ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Ask gliding waters , if a tear Of mine increas'd their stream ? Or afk the flying gales , if e'er I lent one figh to them ? But now my former days retire , And I'm by beauty caught ...
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... tears with vain repentance flow , His locks he rends , his trembling feet he rears , Thick beats his heart with unaccuftora'd fears ; He fighs , and , chill'd with danger , longs for fhore : His tail extended forms a fruitless oar ...
... tears with vain repentance flow , His locks he rends , his trembling feet he rears , Thick beats his heart with unaccuftora'd fears ; He fighs , and , chill'd with danger , longs for fhore : His tail extended forms a fruitless oar ...
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... mine ! Along the loom the purple warp I fpread , Caft the light shoot , and croft the filver thread ; In this their teeth a thousand breaches tear , The In BATTLE OF THE FROGS , & c . 45 The fire fuperior leans, and points to show ...
... mine ! Along the loom the purple warp I fpread , Caft the light shoot , and croft the filver thread ; In this their teeth a thousand breaches tear , The In BATTLE OF THE FROGS , & c . 45 The fire fuperior leans, and points to show ...
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