The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12E. Cox, 1779 - 336 pages |
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Page 49
... please , With one commanding nod appease . III . Seek not to know to - morrow's doom ; That is not ours , which is to come . The prefent moment's all our ftore : The next , fhould heaven allow , Then this will be no more : So all our ...
... please , With one commanding nod appease . III . Seek not to know to - morrow's doom ; That is not ours , which is to come . The prefent moment's all our ftore : The next , fhould heaven allow , Then this will be no more : So all our ...
Page 53
... please . A B SE NC E. A LAS ! what pains , what racking thoughts he proves , Who lives remov'd from her he deareft loves ! In cruel abfence doom'd past joys to mourn , And think on hours that will no more return ! Oh let me ne'er the ...
... please . A B SE NC E. A LAS ! what pains , what racking thoughts he proves , Who lives remov'd from her he deareft loves ! In cruel abfence doom'd past joys to mourn , And think on hours that will no more return ! Oh let me ne'er the ...
Page 70
... please ; And he whofe thin transparent rags declare How much his tatter'd fortune wants repair , Would ranfack every element for choice Of every fish and fowl at any price ; If , brought from far , it very dear has coft , It has a ...
... please ; And he whofe thin transparent rags declare How much his tatter'd fortune wants repair , Would ranfack every element for choice Of every fish and fowl at any price ; If , brought from far , it very dear has coft , It has a ...
Page 75
... please us now but from Japan . Invite my lord to dine , and let him have The nicest dish his appetite can crave ; But let it on an oaken board be fet , His lordship will grow fick , and cannot eat : Something's amifs , he knows not what ...
... please us now but from Japan . Invite my lord to dine , and let him have The nicest dish his appetite can crave ; But let it on an oaken board be fet , His lordship will grow fick , and cannot eat : Something's amifs , he knows not what ...
Page 85
... rain and sunshine mix'd , in April weather . Your different taftes divide our poet's cares : One foot the fock , t ' other the buskin wears : G 3 Thus Thus while he ftrives to please , he's forc'd to PROLOGUE . Is Epilogue to Oroonoko.
... rain and sunshine mix'd , in April weather . Your different taftes divide our poet's cares : One foot the fock , t ' other the buskin wears : G 3 Thus Thus while he ftrives to please , he's forc'd to PROLOGUE . Is Epilogue to Oroonoko.
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