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... Where neither Want does pinch , nor Plenty cloy : There neither earth nor sea they plow , Nor aught to labour owe For food , that whilst it nourishes does decay , And in the lamp of life consumes away . Thrice had these men through ...
... Where neither Want does pinch , nor Plenty cloy : There neither earth nor sea they plow , Nor aught to labour owe For food , that whilst it nourishes does decay , And in the lamp of life consumes away . Thrice had these men through ...
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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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... the things t'ensue ; C2 From From what monsters he should free The earth , the FIRST NEM ÆAN ODE . * 19.
... the things t'ensue ; C2 From From what monsters he should free The earth , the FIRST NEM ÆAN ODE . * 19.
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From what monsters he should free The earth , the air , and sea ; What mighty tyrants he should say , Greater monsters far than they ; How much at Phlægra's field the distreft Gods should owe To their great offspring here below ...
From what monsters he should free The earth , the air , and sea ; What mighty tyrants he should say , Greater monsters far than they ; How much at Phlægra's field the distreft Gods should owe To their great offspring here below ...
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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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| 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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