The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 46Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Clear let the vifion ftrike the moral's aim ! It comes ! I feel it o'er my foul ferene ! Still Morn begins , and Froft retains the scene ! Hark ! the loud horn's enlivening note's begun ! From rock to vale fweet - wandering echoes run ...
... Clear let the vifion ftrike the moral's aim ! It comes ! I feel it o'er my foul ferene ! Still Morn begins , and Froft retains the scene ! Hark ! the loud horn's enlivening note's begun ! From rock to vale fweet - wandering echoes run ...
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... clear embers cast , Lie hifling , till fnatch'd off ; a rich repaft ! Soon leap my spirits with enliven'd power , And in gay converfe glides the feastful hour . 235 240 The Hermit , thus : Thou wonder'it at thy fare : 245 On me , yon ...
... clear embers cast , Lie hifling , till fnatch'd off ; a rich repaft ! Soon leap my spirits with enliven'd power , And in gay converfe glides the feastful hour . 235 240 The Hermit , thus : Thou wonder'it at thy fare : 245 On me , yon ...
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... clear'd , manur'd , enlarg'd the furtive ground , And firms the conqueft with his fenceful mound . Ev'n nid the watery world his Venice role , Each fabric there , as Pleafure's feat he shows ! There marts , sports , councils , are for ...
... clear'd , manur'd , enlarg'd the furtive ground , And firms the conqueft with his fenceful mound . Ev'n nid the watery world his Venice role , Each fabric there , as Pleafure's feat he shows ! There marts , sports , councils , are for ...
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... clear , and strong ; Who , in cant phrafes , gives a work disgrace ; His wit , and oddnefs of his tone and face ; Let the weak malice , nurs'd to an effay , In fome low libel a mean heart display ; Thofe , who once prais'd , now ...
... clear , and strong ; Who , in cant phrafes , gives a work disgrace ; His wit , and oddnefs of his tone and face ; Let the weak malice , nurs'd to an effay , In fome low libel a mean heart display ; Thofe , who once prais'd , now ...
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... clear ; Soft as compaffion , yet as truth fevere ; As bouncy copious , as perfuafion sweet , Like nature various , and like art complete ; So fine her morals , fo fublime her views , His life is almost equal'd by his Mufe . O Pope - S ...
... clear ; Soft as compaffion , yet as truth fevere ; As bouncy copious , as perfuafion sweet , Like nature various , and like art complete ; So fine her morals , fo fublime her views , His life is almost equal'd by his Mufe . O Pope - S ...
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