The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... shall thy worth be found . VI . Yet ' midft her fighs the triumphs , on the hand Reflecting , that diffus'd the public woe ; A ftranger to her altars , and her land : No fon of her's could meditate this blow . VII . Mean time thy pain ...
... shall thy worth be found . VI . Yet ' midft her fighs the triumphs , on the hand Reflecting , that diffus'd the public woe ; A ftranger to her altars , and her land : No fon of her's could meditate this blow . VII . Mean time thy pain ...
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... shall fade . To the Lady ELIZABETH HARLEY , Afterwards Marchionefs of CARMARTHEN . On a COLUMN of her Drawing . WHEN future ages shall with wonder view These glorious lines , which Harley's daughter drew ; They fhall confefs , that ...
... shall fade . To the Lady ELIZABETH HARLEY , Afterwards Marchionefs of CARMARTHEN . On a COLUMN of her Drawing . WHEN future ages shall with wonder view These glorious lines , which Harley's daughter drew ; They fhall confefs , that ...
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... Shall I falute the rifing ray › Well - fpring of all my joy and woe , Clotilda , thou alone dot know : Shall the wreath furround my hair ? Or fhall the mufick please my car ? Shall I my comrades mirth receive , And bless my birth , and ...
... Shall I falute the rifing ray › Well - fpring of all my joy and woe , Clotilda , thou alone dot know : Shall the wreath furround my hair ? Or fhall the mufick please my car ? Shall I my comrades mirth receive , And bless my birth , and ...
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... shall we fing , than Jove himself , The God for ever great , for ever king ; Who flew the Earth - born Race , and measures Right To Heaven's great habitants ? Dictaan hear'ft thou More joyful , or Lycæan , long difpute VOL . II . C And ...
... shall we fing , than Jove himself , The God for ever great , for ever king ; Who flew the Earth - born Race , and measures Right To Heaven's great habitants ? Dictaan hear'ft thou More joyful , or Lycæan , long difpute VOL . II . C And ...
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... shall be thy pangs . She faid ; and high She rear'd her arm , and with her fceptre ftruck The yawning cliff : from its difparted height Adown the mount the gufhing torrent ran , And And chear'd the vallies : there the heavenly mother ...
... shall be thy pangs . She faid ; and high She rear'd her arm , and with her fceptre ftruck The yawning cliff : from its difparted height Adown the mount the gufhing torrent ran , And And chear'd the vallies : there the heavenly mother ...
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