The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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Page 26
... Say , Is all thy plain and fmooth uninterrupted way ! Nay , ev'n beyond his works thy voyages are known , Thou ' haft thousand worlds too of thine own . Thou speak'ft , great Queen ! in the fame ftyle as He ; And a new world leaps forth ...
... Say , Is all thy plain and fmooth uninterrupted way ! Nay , ev'n beyond his works thy voyages are known , Thou ' haft thousand worlds too of thine own . Thou speak'ft , great Queen ! in the fame ftyle as He ; And a new world leaps forth ...
Page 27
... say , If paft and future times do thee obey . Thou stop'ft this current , and doft make This running river fettle like a lake e ; Thy certain hand holds fast this flippery fnake ! The fruit which does fo quickly wafte , Men scarce can ...
... say , If paft and future times do thee obey . Thou stop'ft this current , and doft make This running river fettle like a lake e ; Thy certain hand holds fast this flippery fnake ! The fruit which does fo quickly wafte , Men scarce can ...
Page 37
... art , and by fuccessful care , The ruins of a civil war thou doft alone repair ! The inundations of all liquid Pain , And deluge Dropfy , thou dost drain . D 3 Fevers , Fevers , fo hot that one would say Thou might'st BRUT US . 37.
... art , and by fuccessful care , The ruins of a civil war thou doft alone repair ! The inundations of all liquid Pain , And deluge Dropfy , thou dost drain . D 3 Fevers , Fevers , fo hot that one would say Thou might'st BRUT US . 37.
Page 38
... say Thou might'st as foon hell - fires allay ( The damn'd scarce more incurable than they ) Thou doft fo temper , that we find , Like gold , the body but refin'd , No unhealthful drofs behind . The fubtle Ague , that for sureness ' fake ...
... say Thou might'st as foon hell - fires allay ( The damn'd scarce more incurable than they ) Thou doft fo temper , that we find , Like gold , the body but refin'd , No unhealthful drofs behind . The fubtle Ague , that for sureness ' fake ...
Page 51
... say , and listen well , To what from God , I , his loud prophet , tell . Bid both the poles fupprefs their stormy noise , And bid the roaring fea contain its voice . Be ftill , thou fea ; be ftill , thou air and earth , Still as old ...
... say , and listen well , To what from God , I , his loud prophet , tell . Bid both the poles fupprefs their stormy noise , And bid the roaring fea contain its voice . Be ftill , thou fea ; be ftill , thou air and earth , Still as old ...
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