The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... itself i ' th ' river by With pride and joy espy . Then chearful notes their painted years did fing , And Wealth was one , and Honour th ' other , wing ; Their genuine virtues did more sweet and clear , In Fortune's graceful drefs ...
... itself i ' th ' river by With pride and joy espy . Then chearful notes their painted years did fing , And Wealth was one , and Honour th ' other , wing ; Their genuine virtues did more sweet and clear , In Fortune's graceful drefs ...
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... itself fhall melt away , And nought behind it stay . Begin the fong , and strike the living lyre ; Lo ! how the years to come , a numerous and well - fitted quire , All hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and ...
... itself fhall melt away , And nought behind it stay . Begin the fong , and strike the living lyre ; Lo ! how the years to come , a numerous and well - fitted quire , All hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and ...
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... itself , in fpite of Mahomet , poffeft , And , chac'd by a wild deluge from the East , His monarchy new planted in the West . But , as in time each great imperial race Degenerates , and gives fome new one place : So So did this noble ...
... itself , in fpite of Mahomet , poffeft , And , chac'd by a wild deluge from the East , His monarchy new planted in the West . But , as in time each great imperial race Degenerates , and gives fome new one place : So So did this noble ...
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... itself i ' th ' terrors of the night : " I'll meet thee at Philippi , " said the fprite ; " I'll meet thee there , " faidft thou , With fuch a voice , and fuck a brow , As put the trembling ghoft to fudden flight ; It vanished , as a ...
... itself i ' th ' terrors of the night : " I'll meet thee at Philippi , " said the fprite ; " I'll meet thee there , " faidft thou , With fuch a voice , and fuck a brow , As put the trembling ghoft to fudden flight ; It vanished , as a ...
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... itself , and flies . The cruel Stone , that reftlefs pain , That ' s fometimes roll'd away in vain , But ftill , like Syfiphus's ftone , returns again , Thou break'st and melteft by learn'd juices ' force ( A greater work , though short ...
... itself , and flies . The cruel Stone , that reftlefs pain , That ' s fometimes roll'd away in vain , But ftill , like Syfiphus's ftone , returns again , Thou break'st and melteft by learn'd juices ' force ( A greater work , though short ...
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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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