The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 |
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... fhew more ? Our torments alfo may in Length of time Become our elements ; thefe piercing fires As foft as now fevere ; our temper chang'd Into their temper ; which muft needs remove The fenfible of pain . All things invite To peaceful ...
... fhew more ? Our torments alfo may in Length of time Become our elements ; thefe piercing fires As foft as now fevere ; our temper chang'd Into their temper ; which muft needs remove The fenfible of pain . All things invite To peaceful ...
Page 61
... fhew'd In profpect from his throne , how good , how fair , Anfwering his great idea . Up he rode Follow'd with acclamation and the found Symphonious of ten thousand harps that tun'd Angelic harmonies : the earth , the air Refounded ...
... fhew'd In profpect from his throne , how good , how fair , Anfwering his great idea . Up he rode Follow'd with acclamation and the found Symphonious of ten thousand harps that tun'd Angelic harmonies : the earth , the air Refounded ...
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... fhew of the forbidden Tree springing up before them , they greedily reaching to take the fruit , chew duft and bitter afhes . The proceed- ings of Sin and Death ; God foretels the final victory of his Son over them , and the renewing of ...
... fhew of the forbidden Tree springing up before them , they greedily reaching to take the fruit , chew duft and bitter afhes . The proceed- ings of Sin and Death ; God foretels the final victory of his Son over them , and the renewing of ...
Page 87
... fhew Thy inward fraud , to warn all creatures from thee Henceforth ; left that too heav'nly form , pretended To hellish falfehood , fnare them . But for thee I had perfifted happy , had not thy pride And wand'ring vanity , when leaft ...
... fhew Thy inward fraud , to warn all creatures from thee Henceforth ; left that too heav'nly form , pretended To hellish falfehood , fnare them . But for thee I had perfifted happy , had not thy pride And wand'ring vanity , when leaft ...
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... fhew no end but death , and have the power , Of many ways to die the fhorteft choosing , Destruction with destruction to destroy ? She ended here , or vehement defpair Broke off the reit ; so much of death her thoughts Had entertain'd ...
... fhew no end but death , and have the power , Of many ways to die the fhorteft choosing , Destruction with destruction to destroy ? She ended here , or vehement defpair Broke off the reit ; so much of death her thoughts Had entertain'd ...
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