The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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Page 19
... age defcends with forrow to the grave , ' Tis fweetly - foothing fympathy to pain , A gently - wakening call to health and ease . C 2 . * The Palatin library . How How mufical ! when all - devouring Time , Here RUINS OF ROM E. RUINS 19.
... age defcends with forrow to the grave , ' Tis fweetly - foothing fympathy to pain , A gently - wakening call to health and ease . C 2 . * The Palatin library . How How mufical ! when all - devouring Time , Here RUINS OF ROM E. RUINS 19.
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... pain , Intent on honour , dar'd in thickest death To fnatch the glorious deed . Nor Trebia quell'd , Nor Thrafymene , nor Canna's bloody field , Their dauntless courage ; ftorming Hannibal In vain the thunder of the battle roll'd , The ...
... pain , Intent on honour , dar'd in thickest death To fnatch the glorious deed . Nor Trebia quell'd , Nor Thrafymene , nor Canna's bloody field , Their dauntless courage ; ftorming Hannibal In vain the thunder of the battle roll'd , The ...
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... painful feeling flowery bowers they feek ( As æther prompts , as the fick fense approves ) Or cool Nymphean grots ; or tepid baths ( Taught by the foft Ionians ) they , along The lawny vale , of every beauteoustone , Pile in the roseat ...
... painful feeling flowery bowers they feek ( As æther prompts , as the fick fense approves ) Or cool Nymphean grots ; or tepid baths ( Taught by the foft Ionians ) they , along The lawny vale , of every beauteoustone , Pile in the roseat ...
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... pains : Nor is that skill dèfpis'd , which trims their tails , Ere fummer heats , of filth and tagged wool . Coolness and cleanliness to health conduce . : To mend thy mounds , to trench , to clear , to foil Thy grateful fields , to ...
... pains : Nor is that skill dèfpis'd , which trims their tails , Ere fummer heats , of filth and tagged wool . Coolness and cleanliness to health conduce . : To mend thy mounds , to trench , to clear , to foil Thy grateful fields , to ...
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... pain and death His blameless fellow - creatures . Let difeafe , Let wafted hunger , by destroying live ; And the permiffion ufe with trembling thanks , Meekly reluctant : ' tis the brute beyond : And And gluttons ever murder , when they ...
... pain and death His blameless fellow - creatures . Let difeafe , Let wafted hunger , by destroying live ; And the permiffion ufe with trembling thanks , Meekly reluctant : ' tis the brute beyond : And And gluttons ever murder , when they ...
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