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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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As Heaven with stars , so let “ The country thick with towns be fet , " And numberless as stars ! " Let all the towns be then Replenish'd thick with men , “ Wise in peace , and bold in wars ! « Of thousand glorious towns the nation ...
As Heaven with stars , so let “ The country thick with towns be fet , " And numberless as stars ! " Let all the towns be then Replenish'd thick with men , “ Wise in peace , and bold in wars ! « Of thousand glorious towns the nation ...
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And that the.grateful Gods , at last , The race of his laborious virtue past , Heaven , which he fav'd , should to him give ; Where , marry'd to eternal youth , he should for ever live ; Drink nectar with the Gods , and all his senses ...
And that the.grateful Gods , at last , The race of his laborious virtue past , Heaven , which he fav'd , should to him give ; Where , marry'd to eternal youth , he should for ever live ; Drink nectar with the Gods , and all his senses ...
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N. OT winds to voyagers at sea , Nor showers to earth , more necessary be ( Heaven's vital feed cast on the womb of earth To give the fruitful year a birth ) Than Verse to Virtue , which can do ' The midwife's office and the nurse's too ...
N. OT winds to voyagers at sea , Nor showers to earth , more necessary be ( Heaven's vital feed cast on the womb of earth To give the fruitful year a birth ) Than Verse to Virtue , which can do ' The midwife's office and the nurse's too ...
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It feeds it strongly , and it clothes it gay , And , when it dies , with comely pride Embalms it , and erects a pyramid That never will decay Till heaven itself shall melt away , And nought behind it stay . Begin the song , and strike ...
It feeds it strongly , and it clothes it gay , And , when it dies , with comely pride Embalms it , and erects a pyramid That never will decay Till heaven itself shall melt away , And nought behind it stay . Begin the song , and strike ...
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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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