The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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... glory , nor expects reward . Pleas'd with the noble theme , her talk the Mufe Pursues untir'd , and through the palace roves With ever - new delight . The tapestry rich With gold , and gay with all the beauteous paint Of Of various ...
... glory , nor expects reward . Pleas'd with the noble theme , her talk the Mufe Pursues untir'd , and through the palace roves With ever - new delight . The tapestry rich With gold , and gay with all the beauteous paint Of Of various ...
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... glory , once was rais'd A meaner trophy , by the Imperial hand ; - Extorted gratitude ! which now the rage Of malice impotent , befeeming ill A regal breaft , has level'd to the ground : Mean infult ! This , with better aufpices , Shall ...
... glory , once was rais'd A meaner trophy , by the Imperial hand ; - Extorted gratitude ! which now the rage Of malice impotent , befeeming ill A regal breaft , has level'd to the ground : Mean infult ! This , with better aufpices , Shall ...
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... glory fire , Yet taught , by cuftom's force and bigot fear , To ferve with pride , and boaft the yoke they bear : Whofe nobles , born to cringe and to command , ( In courts a mean , in camps a generous band , ) From each low tool of ...
... glory fire , Yet taught , by cuftom's force and bigot fear , To ferve with pride , and boaft the yoke they bear : Whofe nobles , born to cringe and to command , ( In courts a mean , in camps a generous band , ) From each low tool of ...
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... glory , faction , power , and pride , ( Sure judge how empty all , who all had tried ! ) * Beneath * The victories of Louis the Fourteenth , painted in the galleries of Versailles . + Chantilly . * Beneath his palms the weary chief ...
... glory , faction , power , and pride , ( Sure judge how empty all , who all had tried ! ) * Beneath * The victories of Louis the Fourteenth , painted in the galleries of Versailles . + Chantilly . * Beneath his palms the weary chief ...
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... glory done ) Thy busy life at length might be thy own ; That , to thy lov'd philofophy refign'd , No care might ruffle thy unbended mind ? Juft is the wish . For fure the happiest meed , To favour'd man by smiling Heaven decreed , Is ...
... glory done ) Thy busy life at length might be thy own ; That , to thy lov'd philofophy refign'd , No care might ruffle thy unbended mind ? Juft is the wish . For fure the happiest meed , To favour'd man by smiling Heaven decreed , Is ...
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