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If in Olympus ' top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show .; If in Alpheus ' filver flight ; If in my verse , thou dost delight , My verse , O Rhea's son ! which is Lofty as that , and smooth as this .
If in Olympus ' top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show .; If in Alpheus ' filver flight ; If in my verse , thou dost delight , My verse , O Rhea's son ! which is Lofty as that , and smooth as this .
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Then in rich Saturn's peaceful state Were they for sacred treasures plac'd , The Muse - discovered world of Islands Fortunate . Soft - footed winds with tuneful voices there Dance through the perfum'd air : There 3 There ...
Then in rich Saturn's peaceful state Were they for sacred treasures plac'd , The Muse - discovered world of Islands Fortunate . Soft - footed winds with tuneful voices there Dance through the perfum'd air : There 3 There ...
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Art , instead of mounting high , About her humble food does hovering fly ; Like the ignoble crow , rapine and noite does love ; Whilft Nature , like the sacred bird of Jove , Now bears loud thunder ; and anon with silent joy The ...
Art , instead of mounting high , About her humble food does hovering fly ; Like the ignoble crow , rapine and noite does love ; Whilft Nature , like the sacred bird of Jove , Now bears loud thunder ; and anon with silent joy The ...
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... Or the great acts of God - descended kings , Who in his numbers still survive and reign ; Each rich - embroider'd line , Which their triumphant brows around , By his sacred hand is bound , Does all their starry diadems outshine .
... Or the great acts of God - descended kings , Who in his numbers still survive and reign ; Each rich - embroider'd line , Which their triumphant brows around , By his sacred hand is bound , Does all their starry diadems outshine .
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... And Virgil's sacred work , thall die ; And he himself ihall see in one fire fine Rich Nature's ancient Troy , though built by hands divine . Whom thunder's dismal noise , And all that prophets and apostles louder fpake ,.
... And Virgil's sacred work , thall die ; And he himself ihall see in one fire fine Rich Nature's ancient Troy , though built by hands divine . Whom thunder's dismal noise , And all that prophets and apostles louder fpake ,.
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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