The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet what I fee : Content me with an humble fhade , My paffions tam'd , my wifhes laid ; For , while our wishes wildly roll , We banish quiet ...
... fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet what I fee : Content me with an humble fhade , My paffions tam'd , my wifhes laid ; For , while our wishes wildly roll , We banish quiet ...
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... fame ; impatient for exploits , His eager eyes upcaft , he foars in thought Above * Several ftatues of the Pagan gods have been converted into images of faints . Above all height : and his own Brutus fee , 10 DYER'S POEMS .
... fame ; impatient for exploits , His eager eyes upcaft , he foars in thought Above * Several ftatues of the Pagan gods have been converted into images of faints . Above all height : and his own Brutus fee , 10 DYER'S POEMS .
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... fame ; nor fhall the duft Of these fall'n piles with fhew of fad decay Avert the good refolve , mean argument , The fate alone of matter . - Now the brow We 1 We gain enraptur'd ; beauteously distinct * The numerous RUINS OF ROM E. 33.
... fame ; nor fhall the duft Of these fall'n piles with fhew of fad decay Avert the good refolve , mean argument , The fate alone of matter . - Now the brow We 1 We gain enraptur'd ; beauteously distinct * The numerous RUINS OF ROM E. 33.
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... Fame : Deserve they not regard ? O'er whose broad flints Such crowds have roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fe many wondering realms . Yet ftill through mountains pierc'd , o'er vallies rais'd , In even ftate , to distant ...
... Fame : Deserve they not regard ? O'er whose broad flints Such crowds have roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fe many wondering realms . Yet ftill through mountains pierc'd , o'er vallies rais'd , In even ftate , to distant ...
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... fame : The ftately pines , that fpread their branches wide In the dun ruins of its ample halls , † Appear but tufts ; as may whate'er is high Sink in comparison , minute and vile . Thefe , and unnumber'd , yet their brows uplift , Rent ...
... fame : The ftately pines , that fpread their branches wide In the dun ruins of its ample halls , † Appear but tufts ; as may whate'er is high Sink in comparison , minute and vile . Thefe , and unnumber'd , yet their brows uplift , Rent ...
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