The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 1-2Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... Lorenzo , then , and follow me , Where truth , the most momentous man can hear , Loud calls my foul , and ardour wings her flight . B 4 I find I find my inspiration in my theme ; The grandeur THE COMPLAINT , NIGHT IX .
... Lorenzo , then , and follow me , Where truth , the most momentous man can hear , Loud calls my foul , and ardour wings her flight . B 4 I find I find my inspiration in my theme ; The grandeur THE COMPLAINT , NIGHT IX .
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Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). I find my inspiration in my theme ; The grandeur of my subject is my Muse . 195 205 At midnight , when mankind is wrapt in peace , And worldly fancy feeds on golden dreams ; To give more dread ...
Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). I find my inspiration in my theme ; The grandeur of my subject is my Muse . 195 205 At midnight , when mankind is wrapt in peace , And worldly fancy feeds on golden dreams ; To give more dread ...
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... theme . Through many a field of meral , and divine , The Muse has stray'd ; and much of forrow seen In human ways ; and much of false and vain ; Which none , who travel this bad road , can miss . O'er friends deceas'd full heartily he ...
... theme . Through many a field of meral , and divine , The Muse has stray'd ; and much of forrow seen In human ways ; and much of false and vain ; Which none , who travel this bad road , can miss . O'er friends deceas'd full heartily he ...
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... theme ! What , to be fung , fo needful ? What fo well Celestial joys prepare us to sustain ? 3 565 570 The foul of man , His face defign'd to fee , Who gave thefe wonders to be feen by man , Has here a previous scene of objects great ...
... theme ! What , to be fung , fo needful ? What fo well Celestial joys prepare us to sustain ? 3 565 570 The foul of man , His face defign'd to fee , Who gave thefe wonders to be feen by man , Has here a previous scene of objects great ...
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... theme , Know this , Lorenzo ! ( feem it ne'er so strange ) Nothing can fatisfy , but what confounds ; Nothing , but what aftonishes , is true . The scene thou seeft , attests the truth I fing , And every ftar fheds light upon thy creed ...
... theme , Know this , Lorenzo ! ( feem it ne'er so strange ) Nothing can fatisfy , but what confounds ; Nothing , but what aftonishes , is true . The scene thou seeft , attests the truth I fing , And every ftar fheds light upon thy creed ...
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