The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12E. Cox, 1779 - 154 pages |
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... himself , and did the king assume : For goodness in excefs may be a fin , Juftice muft tame , whom mercy cannot win . Thus winter fixes the unstable sea , And teaches reftlefs water conftancy , Which under the warm influence of bright ...
... himself , and did the king assume : For goodness in excefs may be a fin , Juftice muft tame , whom mercy cannot win . Thus winter fixes the unstable sea , And teaches reftlefs water conftancy , Which under the warm influence of bright ...
Page 219
... rejoice , his meadows laugh around ; Lefs wealth his bofom holds , lefs guilty stores , For he exhausts himself , t'enrich the shores . Mila F Mild and ferene the peaceful current flows , No ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES II . 219.
... rejoice , his meadows laugh around ; Lefs wealth his bofom holds , lefs guilty stores , For he exhausts himself , t'enrich the shores . Mila F Mild and ferene the peaceful current flows , No ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES II . 219.
Page 223
... himself for pity prays , His love in timorous fighs he breathes , While all his spoils , and glorious wreaths Of laurel , at her feet the vanquifh'd warrior lays . Great prince ! by that fubmiffion you'll gain more Than e'er your ...
... himself for pity prays , His love in timorous fighs he breathes , While all his spoils , and glorious wreaths Of laurel , at her feet the vanquifh'd warrior lays . Great prince ! by that fubmiffion you'll gain more Than e'er your ...
Page 228
... himself employ ; Affront his friends , deprive him of the brave ; Bereft of thefe , he must become their flave . Men , like our money , come the most in play , For being bafe , and of a coarse allay . The richest medals , and the pureft ...
... himself employ ; Affront his friends , deprive him of the brave ; Bereft of thefe , he must become their flave . Men , like our money , come the most in play , For being bafe , and of a coarse allay . The richest medals , and the pureft ...
Page 246
... himself he fends a lictor To vent his loyal malice on the picture . The beadle's wife endeavours all the can To fave the image of the tall young man , Which the fo oft when pregnant did embrace , That with ftrong thoughts the might ...
... himself he fends a lictor To vent his loyal malice on the picture . The beadle's wife endeavours all the can To fave the image of the tall young man , Which the fo oft when pregnant did embrace , That with ftrong thoughts the might ...
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