The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 |
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... behold The fellows of his crime , the followers rather ( Far other once beheld in blifs ) condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain , Millions of fpirits for his fault amcrc'd Of Heav'n , and from eternal fplendors flung For his ...
... behold The fellows of his crime , the followers rather ( Far other once beheld in blifs ) condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain , Millions of fpirits for his fault amcrc'd Of Heav'n , and from eternal fplendors flung For his ...
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... Behold a wonder ! they but now who feem'd In bigness to furpafs earth's giant fons , Now lefs than fmalleft dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberlefs , like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount , or fairy elves , Whose midnight ...
... Behold a wonder ! they but now who feem'd In bigness to furpafs earth's giant fons , Now lefs than fmalleft dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberlefs , like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount , or fairy elves , Whose midnight ...
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... behold the throne Of Chaos , and his dark pavilion spread Wide on the wafteful deep ; with him enthron'd Sat fable - vefted Night , eldest of things , The confort of his reign ; and by them flood Orcus and Ades , and the dreaded name Of ...
... behold the throne Of Chaos , and his dark pavilion spread Wide on the wafteful deep ; with him enthron'd Sat fable - vefted Night , eldest of things , The confort of his reign ; and by them flood Orcus and Ades , and the dreaded name Of ...
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... behold the new creation , and Man whom God hath plac'd here , inquires of him the place of his habitation , and is directed ; allights firft on Mount Niphates , HAIL holy Light , offspring of heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal ...
... behold the new creation , and Man whom God hath plac'd here , inquires of him the place of his habitation , and is directed ; allights firft on Mount Niphates , HAIL holy Light , offspring of heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal ...
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... Behold me then ; me for him , life for life I offer ; on me let thine anger fall ; Account me Man ; I for his fake will leave Thy bofom , and this glory next to thee Freely put off , and for him lastly die Well pleas'd ; on me let death ...
... Behold me then ; me for him , life for life I offer ; on me let thine anger fall ; Account me Man ; I for his fake will leave Thy bofom , and this glory next to thee Freely put off , and for him lastly die Well pleas'd ; on me let death ...
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