The Works of the English Poets, Volume 49G. Bigg, 1779 - 324 pages |
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... arm . Ah , what muft those immortal spirits think Of your poor shifts ? Those , for their country's good Who fac'd the blackest danger , knew no fear , No mean fubmiffion , but commanded peace . Ah , how with indignation must they burn ...
... arm . Ah , what muft those immortal spirits think Of your poor shifts ? Those , for their country's good Who fac'd the blackest danger , knew no fear , No mean fubmiffion , but commanded peace . Ah , how with indignation must they burn ...
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... in aweful justice clad ; 160 His eyes effulging a peculiar fire ; And , as he charges through the proftrate war , His keen arm teaches faithlefs men , no more To To dare the facred vengeance of the just . And 6 THOMSON'S POEMS .
... in aweful justice clad ; 160 His eyes effulging a peculiar fire ; And , as he charges through the proftrate war , His keen arm teaches faithlefs men , no more To To dare the facred vengeance of the just . And 6 THOMSON'S POEMS .
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... arms extend : No mighty moles the big intrufive storm , From the calm ftation , roll refounding back . An almost total defolation fits , 295 300 A dreary ftillness , faddening o'er the coaft ; Where , when soft funs and tepid winters ...
... arms extend : No mighty moles the big intrufive storm , From the calm ftation , roll refounding back . An almost total defolation fits , 295 300 A dreary ftillness , faddening o'er the coaft ; Where , when soft funs and tepid winters ...
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... arms ; arms only drawn For common Greece , to quell the Persian pride : In moral fcience , and in graceful arts . Hence , as for glory peacefully they ftrove , The prize grew greater , and the prize of all . By contest brighten'd ...
... arms ; arms only drawn For common Greece , to quell the Persian pride : In moral fcience , and in graceful arts . Hence , as for glory peacefully they ftrove , The prize grew greater , and the prize of all . By contest brighten'd ...
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... arms . Athenians thus not less intrepid burst The bonds of tyrant darkness , than they spurn'd The Perfian chains : while through the city , full Of mirthful quarrel and of witty war , Inceffant ftruggled tafte refining taste , And ...
... arms . Athenians thus not less intrepid burst The bonds of tyrant darkness , than they spurn'd The Perfian chains : while through the city , full Of mirthful quarrel and of witty war , Inceffant ftruggled tafte refining taste , And ...
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