The Works of the English Poets, Volume 49G. Bigg, 1779 - 324 pages |
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... vale , In many a tortur'd stream , you mus'd along ? Yon wild retreat , where fuperftition dreams , Could , Tully , you your Tufculum believe ? And could naked hills , that form , 275 you deem yon Fam'd in old fong , the fhip - forfaken ...
... vale , In many a tortur'd stream , you mus'd along ? Yon wild retreat , where fuperftition dreams , Could , Tully , you your Tufculum believe ? And could naked hills , that form , 275 you deem yon Fam'd in old fong , the fhip - forfaken ...
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... vale Diffecting truth , the Stagyrite's keen eye ; Th ' exalted Stoic pride ; the Cynic fneer ; The flow - confenting Academic doubt ; And , joining blifs to virtue , the glad eafe Of Epicurus , feldom understood . They , ever - candid ...
... vale Diffecting truth , the Stagyrite's keen eye ; Th ' exalted Stoic pride ; the Cynic fneer ; The flow - confenting Academic doubt ; And , joining blifs to virtue , the glad eafe Of Epicurus , feldom understood . They , ever - candid ...
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... vale , To the full concert spread , and folemn quire . Ev'n bigots fmil'd ; to their protection took " 240 245 250 Arts not their own , and from them borrow'd pomp : For in a tyrant's garden these a while May bloom , though freedom be ...
... vale , To the full concert spread , and folemn quire . Ev'n bigots fmil'd ; to their protection took " 240 245 250 Arts not their own , and from them borrow'd pomp : For in a tyrant's garden these a while May bloom , though freedom be ...
Page 92
... vale , where rural plenty fills , 325 From lakes , and meads , and furrow'd fields , her horn , Chief , where the Leman pure emits the Rhone , Rare to be feen ! unguilty cities rife , 330 Cities of brothers form'd : while equal life ...
... vale , where rural plenty fills , 325 From lakes , and meads , and furrow'd fields , her horn , Chief , where the Leman pure emits the Rhone , Rare to be feen ! unguilty cities rife , 330 Cities of brothers form'd : while equal life ...
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... vale , As when , with Alfred , from the wilds fhe came To polic'd cities and protected plains . Thus by degrees the Saxon empire funk , Then fet entire in Haftings bloody field . Compendious war ! ( on Britain's glory bent , 730 735 So ...
... vale , As when , with Alfred , from the wilds fhe came To polic'd cities and protected plains . Thus by degrees the Saxon empire funk , Then fet entire in Haftings bloody field . Compendious war ! ( on Britain's glory bent , 730 735 So ...
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