The Works of the English Poets, Volume 32W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To de- duce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to obferve their effects , may be a task more ...
... lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To de- duce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to obferve their effects , may be a task more ...
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... lefs ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or ftronger than the weeds they shade ; Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are lefs than Jove ? 40 Of Syftems poffible , if ' tis confeft , That Wisdom ...
... lefs ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or ftronger than the weeds they shade ; Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are lefs than Jove ? 40 Of Syftems poffible , if ' tis confeft , That Wisdom ...
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... lefs ? As much that end a conftant courfe requires 150 Of showers and fun - fhine , as of Man's defires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever temperate , calm , and wife . If plagues or earthquakes break not ...
... lefs ? As much that end a conftant courfe requires 150 Of showers and fun - fhine , as of Man's defires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever temperate , calm , and wife . If plagues or earthquakes break not ...
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... lefs than Angel , would be more ; Now looking downwards , just as griev'd appears 175 To want the strength of bulls , the fur of bears , Made for his ufe all creatures if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature ...
... lefs than Angel , would be more ; Now looking downwards , just as griev'd appears 175 To want the strength of bulls , the fur of bears , Made for his ufe all creatures if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature ...
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... lefs inflame , As ftrong or weak , the organs of the frame ; 130 And hence one mafter Paffion in the breast , Like Aaron's ferpent , fwallows up the reft . As Man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of ...
... lefs inflame , As ftrong or weak , the organs of the frame ; 130 And hence one mafter Paffion in the breast , Like Aaron's ferpent , fwallows up the reft . As Man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of ...
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