The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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... divine , Minerva ; thee to my adventurous lyre Affiftant I invoke , that means to fing Blenheim , proud monument of British fame , Thy glorious work ! for thou the lofty towers Didft to his virtue raife , whom oft thy fhield . In peril ...
... divine , Minerva ; thee to my adventurous lyre Affiftant I invoke , that means to fing Blenheim , proud monument of British fame , Thy glorious work ! for thou the lofty towers Didft to his virtue raife , whom oft thy fhield . In peril ...
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... divine content ; So Cambray , worthy of a happier doom , The virtuous flave of Louis and of Rome . Good Wor'fter thus fupports his drooping age , Far from court - flattery , far from party - rage ; He , who in youth a tyrant's frown ...
... divine content ; So Cambray , worthy of a happier doom , The virtuous flave of Louis and of Rome . Good Wor'fter thus fupports his drooping age , Far from court - flattery , far from party - rage ; He , who in youth a tyrant's frown ...
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... divine ! To emulate his worth , my friend , be thine : Learn from his life the duties of the gown ; Learn , not to flatter , nor infult the crown ; Nor , bafely fervile , court the guilty great , Nor raife the church a rival to the ...
... divine ! To emulate his worth , my friend , be thine : Learn from his life the duties of the gown ; Learn , not to flatter , nor infult the crown ; Nor , bafely fervile , court the guilty great , Nor raife the church a rival to the ...
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... divine . III . Oft would the Dryads of thefe woods rejoice To hear her heavenly voice ; For her defpifing , when she deign'd to sing , The sweeteft fongfters of the fpring : The woodlark and the linnet pleas'd no more ; The nightingale ...
... divine . III . Oft would the Dryads of thefe woods rejoice To hear her heavenly voice ; For her defpifing , when she deign'd to sing , The sweeteft fongfters of the fpring : The woodlark and the linnet pleas'd no more ; The nightingale ...
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... , But thofe , the gentleft and the best , Whofe holy flames with energy divine The virtuous heart enliven and improve , The conjugal and the mat.rnal love . F VI . Swa VI . Sweet babes , who , like the little MONODY . 65.
... , But thofe , the gentleft and the best , Whofe holy flames with energy divine The virtuous heart enliven and improve , The conjugal and the mat.rnal love . F VI . Swa VI . Sweet babes , who , like the little MONODY . 65.
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