The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... Anna's care : Our Queen , our Saint , with facrificing breath Softens thy anguifh : in her powerful prayer She pleads thy fervice , and forbids thy death . B 2 VIII . Great VIII . Great as thou art , thou canst demand PRIOR'S POEMS .
... Anna's care : Our Queen , our Saint , with facrificing breath Softens thy anguifh : in her powerful prayer She pleads thy fervice , and forbids thy death . B 2 VIII . Great VIII . Great as thou art , thou canst demand PRIOR'S POEMS .
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Matthew Prior Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). VIII . Great as thou art , thou canst demand no more , O breaft bewail'd by earth : preferv'd by Heaven ! No higher can aspiring Virtue foar : Enough to thee of grief and fame is ...
Matthew Prior Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). VIII . Great as thou art , thou canst demand no more , O breaft bewail'd by earth : preferv'd by Heaven ! No higher can aspiring Virtue foar : Enough to thee of grief and fame is ...
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... 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 with to live ? Then let me fee great Venus chace Imperious anger from hy face ...
... 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 with to live ? Then let me fee great Venus chace Imperious anger from hy face ...
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... thou giv'ft him a fmile , or a tear , He cares not yet pr'ythee be kind to his fame . GUALTERUS DANISTONUS ad Amicos . DUM ftudeo fungi fallentis munere vitæ , Adfectoque viam fedibus Elyfiis , Aretoa florens Sophiâ , Samifque fuperbus ...
... thou giv'ft him a fmile , or a tear , He cares not yet pr'ythee be kind to his fame . GUALTERUS DANISTONUS ad Amicos . DUM ftudeo fungi fallentis munere vitæ , Adfectoque viam fedibus Elyfiis , Aretoa florens Sophiâ , Samifque fuperbus ...
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... thou forbear to live ? The little time thou haft , ' twixt inftant now And Fate's approach , is all the Gods allow : And of this little haft thou aught to fpare To fad reflection , and corroding care ? The moments paft , if thou art ...
... thou forbear to live ? The little time thou haft , ' twixt inftant now And Fate's approach , is all the Gods allow : And of this little haft thou aught to fpare To fad reflection , and corroding care ? The moments paft , if thou art ...
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