The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... plain : Virgil alone was thought too great a task ; What you could scarce perform , or we durst ask : A tak ! which Waller's Mufe could ne'er engage ; A task too hard for Denham's stronger rage : Sure of fuccefs they fome flight fallies ...
... plain : Virgil alone was thought too great a task ; What you could scarce perform , or we durst ask : A tak ! which Waller's Mufe could ne'er engage ; A task too hard for Denham's stronger rage : Sure of fuccefs they fome flight fallies ...
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... plain ; And to my pipe renew'd the rural strain . MEL . I envy not your fortune , but admire , That while the raging fword and wasteful fire Destroy the wretched neighbourhood around , No hoftile arms approach your happy ground . Far ...
... plain ; And to my pipe renew'd the rural strain . MEL . I envy not your fortune , but admire , That while the raging fword and wasteful fire Destroy the wretched neighbourhood around , No hoftile arms approach your happy ground . Far ...
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... plains . Though here the marshy grounds approach your fields . And there the foil a stony harvest yields , Your teeming ewes fhall no strange meadows try , Nor fear a rott from tainted company . Behold yon bordering fence of fallow ...
... plains . Though here the marshy grounds approach your fields . And there the foil a stony harvest yields , Your teeming ewes fhall no strange meadows try , Nor fear a rott from tainted company . Behold yon bordering fence of fallow ...
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... plains of the boy's coynefs ; recommends himself for his beauty and skill in piping ; invites the youth into the country , where he promises him the diver- fions of the place , with a fuitable prefent of nuts and apples but when he ...
... plains of the boy's coynefs ; recommends himself for his beauty and skill in piping ; invites the youth into the country , where he promises him the diver- fions of the place , with a fuitable prefent of nuts and apples but when he ...
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... plain , While dusky hyacinths for use remain . My paffion is thy fcorn : nor wilt thou know What wealth I have , what gifts I can bestow : What ftores my dairies and my folds contain ; A thousand lambs that wander on the plain : New ...
... plain , While dusky hyacinths for use remain . My paffion is thy fcorn : nor wilt thou know What wealth I have , what gifts I can bestow : What ftores my dairies and my folds contain ; A thousand lambs that wander on the plain : New ...
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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