The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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Page 15
... Whose bofoms kindle at the facred names Of Cecil , Raleigh , Walfingham , and Drake . May others more delight in tuneful airs ; In masque and dance excel ; to sculptur'd stone Give with superior skill the living look ; More pompous ...
... Whose bofoms kindle at the facred names Of Cecil , Raleigh , Walfingham , and Drake . May others more delight in tuneful airs ; In masque and dance excel ; to sculptur'd stone Give with superior skill the living look ; More pompous ...
Page 17
... 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 feas around , They ftretch their ...
... 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 feas around , They ftretch their ...
Page 79
... whose merchants , from their ifles , And radiant thrones , affembled in her marts ; Whither Arabia , whither Kedar , brought Their fhaggy goats , their flocks , and bleating lambs ; Where rich Damafcus pil'd his fleeces white , Prepar'd ...
... whose merchants , from their ifles , And radiant thrones , affembled in her marts ; Whither Arabia , whither Kedar , brought Their fhaggy goats , their flocks , and bleating lambs ; Where rich Damafcus pil'd his fleeces white , Prepar'd ...
Page 94
... whose ignobler care Nurfes the filk - worm ; or of India's fons , Who plant the cotton - grove by Ganges ' ftream . Nor do their toils and products furnish more , Than gauds and dreffes , of fantastic web , To the luxurious : but our ...
... whose ignobler care Nurfes the filk - worm ; or of India's fons , Who plant the cotton - grove by Ganges ' ftream . Nor do their toils and products furnish more , Than gauds and dreffes , of fantastic web , To the luxurious : but our ...
Page 97
... Whose virtues taught the varletry of towns To useful toil to turn the pilfering hand . And ftill , when bigotry's black clouds arife , ( For oft they fudden rise in papal realms ) , They , from their ifle , as from fome ark fecure ...
... Whose virtues taught the varletry of towns To useful toil to turn the pilfering hand . And ftill , when bigotry's black clouds arife , ( For oft they fudden rise in papal realms ) , They , from their ifle , as from fome ark fecure ...
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