The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12E. Cox, 1779 - 154 pages |
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... tears , he came , he eas'd The groaning nation , the black ftorms appeas'd , Did greater bleffings , than he took , afford ; England itself was more , than he , reftor❜d . Unhappy Albion , by ftrange ills opprefs'd , In various fevers ...
... tears , he came , he eas'd The groaning nation , the black ftorms appeas'd , Did greater bleffings , than he took , afford ; England itself was more , than he , reftor❜d . Unhappy Albion , by ftrange ills opprefs'd , In various fevers ...
Page 220
... tear , His channel ftrong and eafy , deep and clear . No arbitrary inundations sweep The plowman's hopes , and life into the deep ; His even waters the old limits keep . But oh ! he ebbs , the fmiling waves decay , For ever , lovely ...
... tear , His channel ftrong and eafy , deep and clear . No arbitrary inundations sweep The plowman's hopes , and life into the deep ; His even waters the old limits keep . But oh ! he ebbs , the fmiling waves decay , For ever , lovely ...
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... tear , He would unmov'd the mighty ruin bear ; Secure in innocence contemn them all , And decently array'd in honours fall . For this , brave Shrewsbury and Lumley's name Shall ftand the foremost in the lift of fame ; Who first with ...
... tear , He would unmov'd the mighty ruin bear ; Secure in innocence contemn them all , And decently array'd in honours fall . For this , brave Shrewsbury and Lumley's name Shall ftand the foremost in the lift of fame ; Who first with ...
Page 246
... tears to raise the fwelling flood , Forgot her Thefeus , and embrac'd the god . On the University of CAMBRIDGE's burning the Duke of MONMOUTH'S Picture , 1685 , who was formerly their Chancellor.- to this Question , 66 -In Anfwer Sed ...
... tears to raise the fwelling flood , Forgot her Thefeus , and embrac'd the god . On the University of CAMBRIDGE's burning the Duke of MONMOUTH'S Picture , 1685 , who was formerly their Chancellor.- to this Question , 66 -In Anfwer Sed ...
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... should prove Great as your lofs , or tender as your love ; My heart with fighings , and with tears mine eye , Shall the defect of written grief fupply . S 2 A POEM , A POE M , Dedicated to the bleffed Memory of TO THE EARL OF CARLISLE .
... should prove Great as your lofs , or tender as your love ; My heart with fighings , and with tears mine eye , Shall the defect of written grief fupply . S 2 A POEM , A POE M , Dedicated to the bleffed Memory of TO THE EARL OF CARLISLE .
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