The Works of the English Poets, Volume 49G. Bigg, 1779 - 324 pages |
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... tyrants an eternal prey , Thin - peopled fpreads , at laft , the fyren plain , That the dire foul of Hannibal difarm'd ; And wrapt in weeds the fhore of Venus lies . There Baix fees no more the joyous throng ; Her bank all beaming with ...
... tyrants an eternal prey , Thin - peopled fpreads , at laft , the fyren plain , That the dire foul of Hannibal difarm'd ; And wrapt in weeds the fhore of Venus lies . There Baix fees no more the joyous throng ; Her bank all beaming with ...
Page 27
... my fullest bleffings flow ; And where my jealous unfubmitting foul , The dread of tyrants ! burns in every breast : Learn hence , if such the miserable fate 315 320 Of . Of an heroic race , the mafters once Of human PAKT I. LIBERTY . 27.
... my fullest bleffings flow ; And where my jealous unfubmitting foul , The dread of tyrants ! burns in every breast : Learn hence , if such the miserable fate 315 320 Of . Of an heroic race , the mafters once Of human PAKT I. LIBERTY . 27.
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... tyrant's hollow pomp , Subfift with thee ? Against depreffing skies , Join'd to full - spread Oppreffion's cloudy brow , How could thy fpirits hold ? where vigour find , Forc'd fruits to tear from their unnative foil ? Or , ftoring ...
... tyrant's hollow pomp , Subfift with thee ? Against depreffing skies , Join'd to full - spread Oppreffion's cloudy brow , How could thy fpirits hold ? where vigour find , Forc'd fruits to tear from their unnative foil ? Or , ftoring ...
Page 37
... Tyrant Power the righteous fcourge unloos'd : For yielded reason speaks the foul a slave . Inftead of ufeful works , like Nature's , great , Enormous , cruel wonders crush'd the land ; And round a tyrant's tomb , who none deferv'd , For ...
... Tyrant Power the righteous fcourge unloos'd : For yielded reason speaks the foul a slave . Inftead of ufeful works , like Nature's , great , Enormous , cruel wonders crush'd the land ; And round a tyrant's tomb , who none deferv'd , For ...
Page 42
... 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 friendly free difcuffion , calling forth From the fair jewel ...
... 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 friendly free difcuffion , calling forth From the fair jewel ...
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