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Beauteous Semele does no less Her cruel midwife , Thunder , bless ; Whilst , sporting with the Gods on high , She ' enjoys secure their company ; Plays with lightnings as they fly , Nor trembles at the bright embraces of the Deity .
Beauteous Semele does no less Her cruel midwife , Thunder , bless ; Whilst , sporting with the Gods on high , She ' enjoys secure their company ; Plays with lightnings as they fly , Nor trembles at the bright embraces of the Deity .
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Erynnis saw ' t , and made in her own feed The innocent Parricide to bleed ; She flew his wrathful fons with mutual blows : But better things did then succeed , And brave Thersander , in amends for what was past , arose .
Erynnis saw ' t , and made in her own feed The innocent Parricide to bleed ; She flew his wrathful fons with mutual blows : But better things did then succeed , And brave Thersander , in amends for what was past , arose .
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The torches which the mother brought : When the ravish'd maid she fought , Appear'd not half fo bright , But cast a weaker light , Through earth , and air , and feas , and up to th ' heavenly vault . a To • To thee , O Proserpine ! this ...
The torches which the mother brought : When the ravish'd maid she fought , Appear'd not half fo bright , But cast a weaker light , Through earth , and air , and feas , and up to th ' heavenly vault . a To • To thee , O Proserpine ! this ...
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She fill'd his mind with courage , and with wit , And a vast bounty , apt and fit For the great dower which Fortune made to it . ' Tis madness fure treasures to hoard , And make them useless , as in mines , remain , To lose th ...
She fill'd his mind with courage , and with wit , And a vast bounty , apt and fit For the great dower which Fortune made to it . ' Tis madness fure treasures to hoard , And make them useless , as in mines , remain , To lose th ...
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... Where filently they shook and wept : All naked from her bed the palfionate mother leap'd , To save or perish with her child ; She trembled , and the cry'd ; the mighty infant snild : The mighty infant seem'd well pleas'd At his gay ...
... Where filently they shook and wept : All naked from her bed the palfionate mother leap'd , To save or perish with her child ; She trembled , and the cry'd ; the mighty infant snild : The mighty infant seem'd well pleas'd At his gay ...
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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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