The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... force . ' Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too , that fits not sure . THE har MUSE . The Queen , my Mufe , will take the air : Unruly Fancy with ftrong Judgment trace ; Put in nimble - footed Wit , Smooth ...
... force . ' Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too , that fits not sure . THE har MUSE . The Queen , my Mufe , will take the air : Unruly Fancy with ftrong Judgment trace ; Put in nimble - footed Wit , Smooth ...
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... force fo willingly , That none could difcord or diforder fee In all their contrariety : Each had his motion natural and free , And the whole no more mov'd than the whole world could be . From thy ftrict rule fome think that thou didst ...
... force fo willingly , That none could difcord or diforder fee In all their contrariety : Each had his motion natural and free , And the whole no more mov'd than the whole world could be . From thy ftrict rule fome think that thou didst ...
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... force ( A greater work , though short the way appear , ' Than Hannibal's by vinegar ! ) Oppreffed Nature's neceffary course It stops in vain ; like Mofes , thou Strik'ft but the rock , and strait the waters freely flow . The Indian fon ...
... force ( A greater work , though short the way appear , ' Than Hannibal's by vinegar ! ) Oppreffed Nature's neceffary course It stops in vain ; like Mofes , thou Strik'ft but the rock , and strait the waters freely flow . The Indian fon ...
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... up by art The cracks and breaches of th ' extended fhell , And in that narrow cell Would rudely force to dwell The noble vigorous bird already wing'd to part . THE THE XXXIVth CHAPTER OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH . Awake , 50 COWLEY'S POEMS .
... up by art The cracks and breaches of th ' extended fhell , And in that narrow cell Would rudely force to dwell The noble vigorous bird already wing'd to part . THE THE XXXIVth CHAPTER OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH . Awake , 50 COWLEY'S POEMS .
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... force could not oppose : They with a folid cloud All heaven's eclipsed face did shroud ; Seem'd , with large wings fpread o'er the fea and earth , To brood up a new Chaos's deformed birth . And every lamp , and every fire , Did at the ...
... force could not oppose : They with a folid cloud All heaven's eclipsed face did shroud ; Seem'd , with large wings fpread o'er the fea and earth , To brood up a new Chaos's deformed birth . And every lamp , and every fire , Did at the ...
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