The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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... mortal blow ? Could not your favouring power , Aonian maids , Could not , alas ! your power prolong her date , For whom so oft in thefe infpiring fhades , Or under Camden's mofs - clad mountains hoar , You open'd all your facred store ...
... mortal blow ? Could not your favouring power , Aonian maids , Could not , alas ! your power prolong her date , For whom so oft in thefe infpiring fhades , Or under Camden's mofs - clad mountains hoar , You open'd all your facred store ...
Page 74
... mortal blifs ; Ev'n Love itself , if rifing by degrees Beyond the bounds of this imperfect state , Whose fleeting joys so soon must end , It does not to its fovereign good afcend . Rife then , my foul , with hope elate , And feek thofe ...
... mortal blifs ; Ev'n Love itself , if rifing by degrees Beyond the bounds of this imperfect state , Whose fleeting joys so soon must end , It does not to its fovereign good afcend . Rife then , my foul , with hope elate , And feek thofe ...
Page 90
... mortal wight ; An airy effence , not to be defcried , " Subtle and thin , that MAIDENHEAD is hight , IV . From earth each day in troops they hither come , " And fill each hole and corner of the Moon ; For they are never eafy while at ...
... mortal wight ; An airy effence , not to be defcried , " Subtle and thin , that MAIDENHEAD is hight , IV . From earth each day in troops they hither come , " And fill each hole and corner of the Moon ; For they are never eafy while at ...
Page 130
... mortal tongue e'er roll'd along Such full impetuous tides of nervous song ? I. 2 . The fearful , frigid lays of cold and creeping art , Nor touch , nor can transport th ' unfeeling heart ; Pindar , our inmoft bofom piercing , warms With ...
... mortal tongue e'er roll'd along Such full impetuous tides of nervous song ? I. 2 . The fearful , frigid lays of cold and creeping art , Nor touch , nor can transport th ' unfeeling heart ; Pindar , our inmoft bofom piercing , warms With ...
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... mortal fenfe . All too feeble to digeft The delights of blifs immenfe , Sicken'd at the heavenly feast .. Whence , his folly to chaftife , O'er his head with pride elate , - Jove , great father of the skies , Hung a rock's enormous ...
... mortal fenfe . All too feeble to digeft The delights of blifs immenfe , Sicken'd at the heavenly feast .. Whence , his folly to chaftife , O'er his head with pride elate , - Jove , great father of the skies , Hung a rock's enormous ...
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