The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... because facred Virgil's noble Mufe , O'erlay'd by fools , was ready to expire : To risk your fame again , you boldly chufe , Or to redeem , or perish with your fire . VIII . Ev'n first and laft , we owe him half to you , For that his ...
... because facred Virgil's noble Mufe , O'erlay'd by fools , was ready to expire : To risk your fame again , you boldly chufe , Or to redeem , or perish with your fire . VIII . Ev'n first and laft , we owe him half to you , For that his ...
Page 18
... because no mo- dern Latin can bear criticism . It is no wonder that rolling down through fo many barbarous ages , from the spring of Virgil , it bears along with it the filth and ordure of the Goths and Vandals . Neither will I mention ...
... because no mo- dern Latin can bear criticism . It is no wonder that rolling down through fo many barbarous ages , from the spring of Virgil , it bears along with it the filth and ordure of the Goths and Vandals . Neither will I mention ...
Page 57
... Because a little garden is thy care . But if the falling lambs increase my fold , Thy marble statue shall be turn'd to gold . COR . Fair Galatea , with thy filver feet , 45 } 50 O , whiter than the fwan , and more than Hybla fweet ...
... Because a little garden is thy care . But if the falling lambs increase my fold , Thy marble statue shall be turn'd to gold . COR . Fair Galatea , with thy filver feet , 45 } 50 O , whiter than the fwan , and more than Hybla fweet ...
Page 74
... because not fair ? Beneath the fallows , and the fhady vine , My loves had mix'd their pliant limbs with mine ; 60 Phyllis with myrtle wreaths had crown'd my hair , And foft Amyntas fung away my care . Come , Come , fee what pleasures ...
... because not fair ? Beneath the fallows , and the fhady vine , My loves had mix'd their pliant limbs with mine ; 60 Phyllis with myrtle wreaths had crown'd my hair , And foft Amyntas fung away my care . Come , Come , fee what pleasures ...
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... because infpir'd by you , shall shine : And Gallus will approve , because ' tis mine . Gallus , for whom my holy flames renew Each hour , and every moment rife in view : As alders , in the fpring , their boles extend ; And heave fo ...
... because infpir'd by you , shall shine : And Gallus will approve , because ' tis mine . Gallus , for whom my holy flames renew Each hour , and every moment rife in view : As alders , in the fpring , their boles extend ; And heave fo ...
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