The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... of nature , and poffeffed of all the advantages of external condition , he could not find happiness ; the rest of mankind may fafely take the monarch's word for the truth truth of what he afferts . And the author who 94 POEMS . PRIOR'S.
... of nature , and poffeffed of all the advantages of external condition , he could not find happiness ; the rest of mankind may fafely take the monarch's word for the truth truth of what he afferts . And the author who 94 POEMS . PRIOR'S.
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... limbs are justly bleft With wholesome fleep , and neceffary rest , Another fun demands return of care , The remnant toil of yefterday to bear ; 295 Whilft , when the folar beams falute their fight , Whilft BOOK I. KNOWLEDGE .
... limbs are justly bleft With wholesome fleep , and neceffary rest , Another fun demands return of care , The remnant toil of yefterday to bear ; 295 Whilft , when the folar beams falute their fight , Whilft BOOK I. KNOWLEDGE .
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... rest , Each becomes other . Water stopp'd gives birth To grafs and plants , and thickens into earth : Diffus'd , it rises in a higher sphere , Dilates its drops , and foftens into air : VOL . II . 355 1 Thofe 360 Those finer parts of ...
... rest , Each becomes other . Water stopp'd gives birth To grafs and plants , and thickens into earth : Diffus'd , it rises in a higher sphere , Dilates its drops , and foftens into air : VOL . II . 355 1 Thofe 360 Those finer parts of ...
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... rest : 80 Yet ftill in vain ; for mufic gather'd thought : But how unequal the effects it brought ! 85 The foft ideas of the chearful note , Lightly receiv'd , were eafily forgot ; The folemn violence of the graver found Knew to ftrike ...
... rest : 80 Yet ftill in vain ; for mufic gather'd thought : But how unequal the effects it brought ! 85 The foft ideas of the chearful note , Lightly receiv'd , were eafily forgot ; The folemn violence of the graver found Knew to ftrike ...
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... rest And , as at dawn of morn fair Reason's light Broke through the fumes and phantoms of the night , What had been faid , I afk'd my foul , what done ; How flow'd our mirth , and whence the fource begun ? Perhaps the jeft that charm'd ...
... rest And , as at dawn of morn fair Reason's light Broke through the fumes and phantoms of the night , What had been faid , I afk'd my foul , what done ; How flow'd our mirth , and whence the fource begun ? Perhaps the jeft that charm'd ...
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