The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... toil to cloath the fields , And on his various fruits infcribes the name Of Property : O nobly hail'd of old By thy majestic daughters , Judah fair , And Tyrus and Sidonia , lovely nymphs , And Libya bright , and all - enchanting Greece ...
... toil to cloath the fields , And on his various fruits infcribes the name Of Property : O nobly hail'd of old By thy majestic daughters , Judah fair , And Tyrus and Sidonia , lovely nymphs , And Libya bright , and all - enchanting Greece ...
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... toils , up the rough steep , Its hero to the fkies : and his dark tower Whofe execrable hand the city fir'd , And while the dreadful conflagration blaz'd , Play'd The tomb of Ceftius , partly within and partly without the walls . † The ...
... toils , up the rough steep , Its hero to the fkies : and his dark tower Whofe execrable hand the city fir'd , And while the dreadful conflagration blaz'd , Play'd The tomb of Ceftius , partly within and partly without the walls . † The ...
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... wolf Turn'd her ftretch'd neck and form'd your tender limbs % So taught of Jove , ev'n the fell favage fed C 3 Your The temple of Romulus and Remus under Mount Palatin . Your facred infancies , your virtues , toils , The RUINS OF ROME . 21.
... wolf Turn'd her ftretch'd neck and form'd your tender limbs % So taught of Jove , ev'n the fell favage fed C 3 Your The temple of Romulus and Remus under Mount Palatin . Your facred infancies , your virtues , toils , The RUINS OF ROME . 21.
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... toils , The conquefts , glories , of th ' Aufonian ftate , Wrap'd in their fecret feeds . Each kindred foul , Robust and ftout , ye grapple to your hearts , And little Rome appears . Her cots arise , Green twigs of ofier weave the ...
... toils , The conquefts , glories , of th ' Aufonian ftate , Wrap'd in their fecret feeds . Each kindred foul , Robust and ftout , ye grapple to your hearts , And little Rome appears . Her cots arise , Green twigs of ofier weave the ...
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... toils Untractable ? Before harsh winter drowns The noify dykes , and starves the rushy glebe , Shift the frail breed to fandy hamlets warm : The inhabitants of Yorkshire . There There let them sojourn , till gay Procne skims The Book I ...
... toils Untractable ? Before harsh winter drowns The noify dykes , and starves the rushy glebe , Shift the frail breed to fandy hamlets warm : The inhabitants of Yorkshire . There There let them sojourn , till gay Procne skims The Book I ...
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