The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... leave your name - Fair maiden , yes . Reach me that board . No fooner spoke But done . With one judicious stroke , On the plain ground Apelles drew A circle regularly true ; And will you pleafe , fweet heart , said he , To fhew your ...
... leave your name - Fair maiden , yes . Reach me that board . No fooner spoke But done . With one judicious stroke , On the plain ground Apelles drew A circle regularly true ; And will you pleafe , fweet heart , said he , To fhew your ...
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... paint . The dulleft genius cannot fail To find the moral of my tale : That the diftinguish'd part With compafs , pencil , fword , or pen , of men , Should Should in life's vifit leave their name , In characters PRIOR'S . POEMS .
... paint . The dulleft genius cannot fail To find the moral of my tale : That the diftinguish'd part With compafs , pencil , fword , or pen , of men , Should Should in life's vifit leave their name , In characters PRIOR'S . POEMS .
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Matthew Prior Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). Should in life's vifit leave their name , In characters which may proclaim , That they with ardour flove to raise At once their arts , and country's praise ; And in their working ...
Matthew Prior Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). Should in life's vifit leave their name , In characters which may proclaim , That they with ardour flove to raise At once their arts , and country's praise ; And in their working ...
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... leave , T Here lies what once was Matthew Prior ; The fon of Adam and of Eve , Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? For my own TOMBSTONE , me ' twas given to die : to thee ' tis given To live : alas ! one moment fets us even , Mark ...
... leave , T Here lies what once was Matthew Prior ; The fon of Adam and of Eve , Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? For my own TOMBSTONE , me ' twas given to die : to thee ' tis given To live : alas ! one moment fets us even , Mark ...
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... leave to flow ; And , as through thefe canals they roll , Bring up a fample of the whole ; Like footmen running before coaches , To tell the Inn , what Lord approaches . By nerves about our palate plac'd , She likewife judges of the ...
... leave to flow ; And , as through thefe canals they roll , Bring up a fample of the whole ; Like footmen running before coaches , To tell the Inn , what Lord approaches . By nerves about our palate plac'd , She likewife judges of the ...
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