The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... grace Before its ample orb , projected stands The many - pillar'd portal : nobleft work Of human skill : here , curious architect , If thou effay't , ambitious , to furpafs Palladius , Angelus , or British Jones , On thefe fair walls ...
... grace Before its ample orb , projected stands The many - pillar'd portal : nobleft work Of human skill : here , curious architect , If thou effay't , ambitious , to furpafs Palladius , Angelus , or British Jones , On thefe fair walls ...
Page 37
... grace the columns of th ' Iönic dome . Yet fhould thy fertile glebe be marly clay , Like Melton pastures , or Tripontian fields † , Where ever - gliding Avon's limpid wave Thwarts the long courfe of dufty Watling - street ; D 3 That ...
... grace the columns of th ' Iönic dome . Yet fhould thy fertile glebe be marly clay , Like Melton pastures , or Tripontian fields † , Where ever - gliding Avon's limpid wave Thwarts the long courfe of dufty Watling - street ; D 3 That ...
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... Grace , Who glows with all the virtues of his fire , Royston approve , and patronize the strain . Through all the brute creation , none , as fheep , To lordly man fuch ample tribute pay . For him their udders yield nectareous streams ...
... Grace , Who glows with all the virtues of his fire , Royston approve , and patronize the strain . Through all the brute creation , none , as fheep , To lordly man fuch ample tribute pay . For him their udders yield nectareous streams ...
Page 78
... grace , And weal , of human life , their fountains owe To feeming imperfections , to vain wants , Or real exigencies ; paffions fwift Forerunning reafon ; ftrong contrarious bents , The steps of men dispersing wide abroad O'er realms ...
... grace , And weal , of human life , their fountains owe To feeming imperfections , to vain wants , Or real exigencies ; paffions fwift Forerunning reafon ; ftrong contrarious bents , The steps of men dispersing wide abroad O'er realms ...
Page 137
... grace along ! These you can do ! -I but advance In a florid ignorance ; And say to you , who better know , You should defign them fo and fo . TO AARON HILL , ESQ On his POEM called GIDEON . TE ELL me , wondrous friend , where were you ...
... grace along ! These you can do ! -I but advance In a florid ignorance ; And say to you , who better know , You should defign them fo and fo . TO AARON HILL , ESQ On his POEM called GIDEON . TE ELL me , wondrous friend , where were you ...
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