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Pindar's unnavigable fong Like a swoln flood from some steep mountain pours along ; The ocean meets with such a voice , From his enlarged mouth , as drowns the ocean's noise , a So Pindar does new words and figures roll Down his ...
Pindar's unnavigable fong Like a swoln flood from some steep mountain pours along ; The ocean meets with such a voice , From his enlarged mouth , as drowns the ocean's noise , a So Pindar does new words and figures roll Down his ...
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Then shall the scatter'd atoms crowding come Back to their ancient home ; Some froin birds , from fishes some ; Some froin earth , and some from seas ; Some from beasts , and some from trees ; Some descend from clouds on high , Some ...
Then shall the scatter'd atoms crowding come Back to their ancient home ; Some froin birds , from fishes some ; Some froin earth , and some from seas ; Some from beasts , and some from trees ; Some descend from clouds on high , Some ...
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With man , alas ! no ctherwise it proves ; An unfeen hand makes all their Moves ; And some are great , and some are small , Some climb to good , some from good - fortune fall ; Some wise - men , and some fools , we ...
With man , alas ! no ctherwise it proves ; An unfeen hand makes all their Moves ; And some are great , and some are small , Some climb to good , some from good - fortune fall ; Some wise - men , and some fools , we ...
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The star that did my being frame , Was but a lambent flame , And some small light it did dispense , But neither heat nor influence . No matter , Cowley ! let proud Fortune fee , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee .
The star that did my being frame , Was but a lambent flame , And some small light it did dispense , But neither heat nor influence . No matter , Cowley ! let proud Fortune fee , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee .
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From thy ftrict rule some think that thou didit fwerve ( Miftaken , honeft men ! ) in Cæsar's blood ; What mercy could the tyrant's life deserve , From him who kill'd himself , rather than serve ? Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are so ...
From thy ftrict rule some think that thou didit fwerve ( Miftaken , honeft men ! ) in Cæsar's blood ; What mercy could the tyrant's life deserve , From him who kill'd himself , rather than serve ? Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are so ...
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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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