The Works of the English Poets, Volume 49G. Bigg, 1779 - 324 pages |
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... Round the glad ifle , fnatch'd by the vengeful blast , $ 5 The scatter'd remnants drove ; on the blind fhelve , And pointed rock , that marks th ' indented shore , Relentless dafh'd , where loud the northern main Howls through the ...
... Round the glad ifle , fnatch'd by the vengeful blast , $ 5 The scatter'd remnants drove ; on the blind fhelve , And pointed rock , that marks th ' indented shore , Relentless dafh'd , where loud the northern main Howls through the ...
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... round the world , Make every veffel ftoop , make every state At once their welfare and their duty know . This is your glory ; this your wifdom ; this The native power for which you were defign'd By Fate , when Fate defign'd the firmest ...
... round the world , Make every veffel ftoop , make every state At once their welfare and their duty know . This is your glory ; this your wifdom ; this The native power for which you were defign'd By Fate , when Fate defign'd the firmest ...
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... round . This faid ; her fleeting form , and airy train , Sunk in the gale ; and nought but ragged rocks Rush'd on the broken eye ; and nought was heard But the rough cadence of the dashing wave . 285 290 295 ANCIENT ANCIENT AND MODERN ...
... round . This faid ; her fleeting form , and airy train , Sunk in the gale ; and nought but ragged rocks Rush'd on the broken eye ; and nought was heard But the rough cadence of the dashing wave . 285 290 295 ANCIENT ANCIENT AND MODERN ...
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... round , And drew th ' infpiring breath of ancient arts ; Ah ! little thought she her returning verfe Should fing our darling fubject to thy fhade . And does the myftic veil , from mortal beam , Involve thofe eyes where every virtue ...
... round , And drew th ' infpiring breath of ancient arts ; Ah ! little thought she her returning verfe Should fing our darling fubject to thy fhade . And does the myftic veil , from mortal beam , Involve thofe eyes where every virtue ...
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... round , Each harvest pines ; the livid , lean produce Of heartless labour : while thy hated joys , Not proper pleasure , lift the lazy hand . Better to fink in floth the woes of life , 155 Than wake their rage with unavailing toil ...
... round , Each harvest pines ; the livid , lean produce Of heartless labour : while thy hated joys , Not proper pleasure , lift the lazy hand . Better to fink in floth the woes of life , 155 Than wake their rage with unavailing toil ...
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