The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... Ere Gothic forms were known in Greece , To fpoil the well - proportion'd piece : And in our verfe ere monkish rhymes Had jangled their fantaftic chimes : Ere Ere on the flowery lands of Rhodes Those knights had PRIOR'S POEMS .
... Ere Gothic forms were known in Greece , To fpoil the well - proportion'd piece : And in our verfe ere monkish rhymes Had jangled their fantaftic chimes : Ere Ere on the flowery lands of Rhodes Those knights had PRIOR'S POEMS .
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... Those knights had fix'd their dull abodes , Who knew not much to paint or write , Nor car'd to pray , nor dar'd to fight : Protogenes , hiftorians note , Liv'd there , a burgefs , fcot and lot ; And , as old Pliny's writings show ...
... Those knights had fix'd their dull abodes , Who knew not much to paint or write , Nor car'd to pray , nor dar'd to fight : Protogenes , hiftorians note , Liv'd there , a burgefs , fcot and lot ; And , as old Pliny's writings show ...
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... Those who labour The fweaty forge , who edge the crooked scythe , Bend ftubborn steel , and harden gleening armour , Acknowledge Vulcan's aid . The early hunter Bleffes Diana's hand , who leads him fafe O'er hanging cliffs ; who spreads ...
... Those who labour The fweaty forge , who edge the crooked scythe , Bend ftubborn steel , and harden gleening armour , Acknowledge Vulcan's aid . The early hunter Bleffes Diana's hand , who leads him fafe O'er hanging cliffs ; who spreads ...
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... those are given Affiftant days to ripen the defign ; To fome whole months ; revolving years to fome : Others , ill - fated , are condemn'd to toil Their tedious life , and mourn their purpose blafted With fruitless act , and impotence ...
... those are given Affiftant days to ripen the defign ; To fome whole months ; revolving years to fome : Others , ill - fated , are condemn'd to toil Their tedious life , and mourn their purpose blafted With fruitless act , and impotence ...
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... those which fair Latona bore to Jove . Iö ! again repeat ye , Iö Pean ! Against the Deity ' tis hard to ftrive . He , that refifts the power of Ptolemy , Refifts the power of heaven : for power from heaven Derives ; and monarchs rule by ...
... those which fair Latona bore to Jove . Iö ! again repeat ye , Iö Pean ! Against the Deity ' tis hard to ftrive . He , that refifts the power of Ptolemy , Refifts the power of heaven : for power from heaven Derives ; and monarchs rule by ...
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