The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... state ; But tranfient is the fmile of Fate ! A little rule , a little sway , A fun - beam in a winter's - day , Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave . And fee the rivers how they run , Through woods and ...
... state ; But tranfient is the fmile of Fate ! A little rule , a little sway , A fun - beam in a winter's - day , Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave . And fee the rivers how they run , Through woods and ...
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... state * In deep of night conven'd : ev'n yet methinks The vehement orator in rent attire Perfuafion pours , ambition finks her crest ; And lo the villain , like a troubled fea , That toffes up her mire ! Ever difguis'd , Shall treason ...
... state * In deep of night conven'd : ev'n yet methinks The vehement orator in rent attire Perfuafion pours , ambition finks her crest ; And lo the villain , like a troubled fea , That toffes up her mire ! Ever difguis'd , Shall treason ...
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... state With Rome's august remains , heroes and gods , Deck their long galleries and winding groves ; Yet mifs we not th ' innumerable , thefts , Yet ftill profuse of graces teems the waste . Suffice it now th ' Efquilian mount to reach ...
... state With Rome's august remains , heroes and gods , Deck their long galleries and winding groves ; Yet mifs we not th ' innumerable , thefts , Yet ftill profuse of graces teems the waste . Suffice it now th ' Efquilian mount to reach ...
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... states around , Jealous ; yet , foon by wondrous virtue won , They fink into her bofom . From the plough Rofe her ... state , The public only swell'd the generous breast . Who has not heard the Fabian heroes fung ? Dentatus ' fcars ...
... states around , Jealous ; yet , foon by wondrous virtue won , They fink into her bofom . From the plough Rofe her ... state , The public only swell'd the generous breast . Who has not heard the Fabian heroes fung ? Dentatus ' fcars ...
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... state ! yet ebb'd not all their ftrength In foft luxurious pleasures ; proud defire Of boundless sway , and feverish thirst of gold , Rouz'd them again to battle . Beauteous Greece , Torn from her joys , in vain with languid arın Half ...
... state ! yet ebb'd not all their ftrength In foft luxurious pleasures ; proud defire Of boundless sway , and feverish thirst of gold , Rouz'd them again to battle . Beauteous Greece , Torn from her joys , in vain with languid arın Half ...
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