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Thi Olympic trophies fhew : Both their several parts must do In the noble chace of fame ; This without that is blind , that without this is laine . Nor is fair Virtue's picture feen aright But in Fortune's golden light .
Thi Olympic trophies fhew : Both their several parts must do In the noble chace of fame ; This without that is blind , that without this is laine . Nor is fair Virtue's picture feen aright But in Fortune's golden light .
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With Jove , my song ; this happy man Young Chromius , too , with Jove began ; , From hence came his success , Nor ought he therefore like it less , Since the best fame is that of happiness ; For whom should we esteem above The men whom ...
With Jove , my song ; this happy man Young Chromius , too , with Jove began ; , From hence came his success , Nor ought he therefore like it less , Since the best fame is that of happiness ; For whom should we esteem above The men whom ...
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Tis madness fure treasures to hoard , And make them useless , as in mines , remain , To lose th ' occasion Fortune does afford Fame and publić love to gain : Ev'n for self - concerning ends , ' Tis wifer much to hoard - up friends .
Tis madness fure treasures to hoard , And make them useless , as in mines , remain , To lose th ' occasion Fortune does afford Fame and publić love to gain : Ev'n for self - concerning ends , ' Tis wifer much to hoard - up friends .
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a What could he who follow'd claim , But of vain boldness the unhappy fame , And by his fall a sea to name ? Pindar's unnavigable fong Like a swoln flood from some steep mountain pours along ; The ocean meets with such a voice ...
a What could he who follow'd claim , But of vain boldness the unhappy fame , And by his fall a sea to name ? Pindar's unnavigable fong Like a swoln flood from some steep mountain pours along ; The ocean meets with such a voice ...
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He bids him live and grow in fame ; Among the stars he sticks his name : The grave can but the drofs of him devour , So fmall is Death's , so great the Poet's , power ! Lo , how th ' obsequious wind , and swelling air , The Theban swan ...
He bids him live and grow in fame ; Among the stars he sticks his name : The grave can but the drofs of him devour , So fmall is Death's , so great the Poet's , power ! Lo , how th ' obsequious wind , and swelling air , The Theban swan ...
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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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