The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... voice divine . ' Twas thus the Sire ordain'd ; the Power obey'd ; And work'd , and wonder'd at the work he made ; The faireft , fofteft , fweetest frame beneath , Now made to feem , now more than feem to breathe . As Vulcan ends , the ...
... voice divine . ' Twas thus the Sire ordain'd ; the Power obey'd ; And work'd , and wonder'd at the work he made ; The faireft , fofteft , fweetest frame beneath , Now made to feem , now more than feem to breathe . As Vulcan ends , the ...
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... voice , and fhed a sweetness there , To make her fenfe with double charms abound , Or make her lively nonfenfe please by found . To dress the maid , the decent Graces brought A robe in all the dies of beauty wrought , And plac'd their ...
... voice , and fhed a sweetness there , To make her fenfe with double charms abound , Or make her lively nonfenfe please by found . To dress the maid , the decent Graces brought A robe in all the dies of beauty wrought , And plac'd their ...
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... voice the paffions fpring , The warbling finch affords a wing : Together , by the fparrow ftung , Down fall the wanton and the young : And fledg'd by geefe the weapons fly , When others love they know not why . All this ( as late I ...
... voice the paffions fpring , The warbling finch affords a wing : Together , by the fparrow ftung , Down fall the wanton and the young : And fledg'd by geefe the weapons fly , When others love they know not why . All this ( as late I ...
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... voice , the turns her pace , Her winding horn proclaims the finish'd chace ; She mounts the rocks , the fkims the level plain , Dogs , hawks , and horses , croud her early train , Í Her hardy face repels the tanning wind , And lines and ...
... voice , the turns her pace , Her winding horn proclaims the finish'd chace ; She mounts the rocks , the fkims the level plain , Dogs , hawks , and horses , croud her early train , Í Her hardy face repels the tanning wind , And lines and ...
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... voice begin ; ( Ye ravens , ceafe your croaking din , Ye tolling clocks , no time refound O'er the long lake and midnight ground ! ) It fends a peal of hollow groans , Thus fpeaking from among the bones . When men my scythe and darts ...
... voice begin ; ( Ye ravens , ceafe your croaking din , Ye tolling clocks , no time refound O'er the long lake and midnight ground ! ) It fends a peal of hollow groans , Thus fpeaking from among the bones . When men my scythe and darts ...
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