The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... last They Agrigentum built , the beauteous eye Of fair - fac'd Sicily ; Which does 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 ...
... last They Agrigentum built , the beauteous eye Of fair - fac'd Sicily ; Which does 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 ...
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... last , The furnace had no more to do . Then in rich Saturn's peaceful state Were they for facred treasures plac'd , The Mufe - difcovered world of Iflands Fortunate . Soft - footed winds with tuneful voices there Dance through the ...
... last , The furnace had no more to do . Then in rich Saturn's peaceful state Were they for facred treasures plac'd , The Mufe - difcovered world of Iflands Fortunate . Soft - footed winds with tuneful voices there Dance through the ...
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... last , The race of his laborious virtue past , Heaven , which he fav'd , fhould to him give ; Where , marry'd to eternal youth , he fhould for ever live ; Drink nectar with the Gods , and all his fenfes please In their harmonious ...
... last , The race of his laborious virtue past , Heaven , which he fav'd , fhould to him give ; Where , marry'd to eternal youth , he fhould for ever live ; Drink nectar with the Gods , and all his fenfes please In their harmonious ...
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... last trumpet's dreadful found : That to the spheres themselves fhall filence bring , Untune the univerfal ftring : Then all the wide - extended sky , And all th ' harmonious worlds on high , And Virgil's facred work , fhall die ; And he ...
... last trumpet's dreadful found : That to the spheres themselves fhall filence bring , Untune the univerfal ftring : Then all the wide - extended sky , And all th ' harmonious worlds on high , And Virgil's facred work , fhall die ; And he ...
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... last . This fhining piece of ice , Which melts fo foon away With the fun's ray , Thy verfe does folidate and cryftallize , Till it a lafting mirror be ! Nay , thy immortal rhyme Makes this one fhort point of time To fill up half the orb ...
... last . This fhining piece of ice , Which melts fo foon away With the fun's ray , Thy verfe does folidate and cryftallize , Till it a lafting mirror be ! Nay , thy immortal rhyme Makes this one fhort point of time To fill up half the orb ...
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