The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... friend ; You free the Bard from rude oppreffors ' power , And grace his verse with charms unknown before : He , doubly thus oblig'd , must doubting stand , Which chiefly should his gratitude command ; } Whether Whether fhould claim the ...
... friend ; You free the Bard from rude oppreffors ' power , And grace his verse with charms unknown before : He , doubly thus oblig'd , must doubting stand , Which chiefly should his gratitude command ; } Whether Whether fhould claim the ...
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... him half to you , For that his Æneids mifs'd their threatned fate , Was --- that his friends by fome prediction knew , Hereafter , who correcting should translate . B 4 IX . IX . But hold , my Mufe , thy needlefs MR . DRYDEN .
... him half to you , For that his Æneids mifs'd their threatned fate , Was --- that his friends by fome prediction knew , Hereafter , who correcting should translate . B 4 IX . IX . But hold , my Mufe , thy needlefs MR . DRYDEN .
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... friend , a Deity bestow'd : For never can I deem him lefs than God . The tender firstlings of my woolly breed Shall on his holy altar often bleed . He gave my kine to graze the flowery plain ; And to my pipe renew'd the rural strain ...
... friend , a Deity bestow'd : For never can I deem him lefs than God . The tender firstlings of my woolly breed Shall on his holy altar often bleed . He gave my kine to graze the flowery plain ; And to my pipe renew'd the rural strain ...
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... friend's complaints ; and mighty magic verfe . Bring running water ; bind thofe altars round With fillets ; and with vervain ftrow the ground : 90 Make fat with frankincense the sacred fires , To re - inflame my Daphnis with defires ...
... friend's complaints ; and mighty magic verfe . Bring running water ; bind thofe altars round With fillets ; and with vervain ftrow the ground : 90 Make fat with frankincense the sacred fires , To re - inflame my Daphnis with defires ...
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... friend's complaints ; and mighty magic verfe . Bring running water ; bind thofe altars round With fillets ; and with vervain strow the ground : 90 Make fat with frankincenfe the facred fires , To re - inflame my Daphnis with defires ...
... friend's complaints ; and mighty magic verfe . Bring running water ; bind thofe altars round With fillets ; and with vervain strow the ground : 90 Make fat with frankincenfe the facred fires , To re - inflame my Daphnis with defires ...
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Æneas Æneid Æneis againſt anſwer arms Auguftus becauſe beſt betwixt Cæfar Carthage cauſe Daphnis defcended defire Dido earth Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate father fear feas fecret fecure feem fenfe feven fhades fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fide fight fing fire firft firſt fkies flain flocks flood foes foil fome fong fpring fubject fuch fure fwain fweet Georgic goddeſs gods Grecian ground heaven hero himſelf honour houſe Ilioneus Jupiter juſt labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Lordſhip mafter moſt Mufe Muſe muſt myſelf night numbers o'er obferved Ovid plain pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe prefent Priam promiſe purſue rage raiſe reft rifing Segrais ſhade ſhall ſhe ſheep ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſpace ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtood ſtorm ſtreams ſweet thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflation Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian uſe verfe verſe vines Virgil whofe winds woods youth