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Loud Olympus happy thee , Isthmus and Nemæa does twice happy see ;. For the well - natur'd honour there , Which with thy brother thou didft Mare , . Was to thee double grown By not being all thine own ; And those kind pious glories do ...
Loud Olympus happy thee , Isthmus and Nemæa does twice happy see ;. For the well - natur'd honour there , Which with thy brother thou didft Mare , . Was to thee double grown By not being all thine own ; And those kind pious glories do ...
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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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The fruit which does so quickly waste , Men scarce can see it , much less taste , Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last , This shining piece of ice , Which melts so soon away With the sun's ray , Thy verse does solidate and ...
The fruit which does so quickly waste , Men scarce can see it , much less taste , Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last , This shining piece of ice , Which melts so soon away With the sun's ray , Thy verse does solidate and ...
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TOM R. HOBBES , VAST bodies of philosophy I oft have seen and read ; But all are bodies dead , Or bodies by art fashioned ; I never yet the living soul could see , But in thy books and thee ! ' Tis only God can know Whether the fair ...
TOM R. HOBBES , VAST bodies of philosophy I oft have seen and read ; But all are bodies dead , Or bodies by art fashioned ; I never yet the living soul could see , But in thy books and thee ! ' Tis only God can know Whether the fair ...
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And , if we weigh , like thee , Nature and Causes , we shall see That thus it needs must be To things immortal , Time can do no wrong , And that which never is to die , for ever must be young . D E S T 1 N Y. ** Hoc quoque Fatale eft ...
And , if we weigh , like thee , Nature and Causes , we shall see That thus it needs must be To things immortal , Time can do no wrong , And that which never is to die , for ever must be young . D E S T 1 N Y. ** Hoc quoque Fatale eft ...
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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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