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... They through rough ways , o'er many stops they past , Till on the fatal bank at last They Agrigentum built , the beauteous eye Of fair - fac'd Sicily ; Which does itself i ' th ' river by With pride and joy espy .
... They through rough ways , o'er many stops they past , Till on the fatal bank at last They Agrigentum built , the beauteous eye Of fair - fac'd Sicily ; Which does itself i ' th ' river by With pride and joy espy .
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Thrice had these men through mortal bodies past , Did thrice the trial undergo , Till all their little dross was purg'd at last , The furnace had no more to do . Then in rich Saturn's peaceful state Were they for sacred treasures plac'd ...
Thrice had these men through mortal bodies past , Did thrice the trial undergo , Till all their little dross was purg'd at last , The furnace had no more to do . Then in rich Saturn's peaceful state Were they for sacred treasures plac'd ...
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And that the.grateful Gods , at last , The race of his laborious virtue past , Heaven , which he fav'd , should to him give ; Where , marry'd to eternal youth , he should for ever live ; Drink nectar with the Gods , and all his senses ...
And that the.grateful Gods , at last , The race of his laborious virtue past , Heaven , which he fav'd , should to him give ; Where , marry'd to eternal youth , he should for ever live ; Drink nectar with the Gods , and all his senses ...
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Whilst the dance lasts , how long foe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's dreadful sound : That to the spheres themselves shall silence bring , Untune the universal ...
Whilst the dance lasts , how long foe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's dreadful sound : That to the spheres themselves shall silence bring , Untune the universal ...
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... They life and motion get , And , ripe at last , with vigorous might Break through the shell , and take their everlasting flight ! a And sure we may The fame too of the present say , If past and future times do thee obey .
... They life and motion get , And , ripe at last , with vigorous might Break through the shell , and take their everlasting flight ! a And sure we may The fame too of the present say , If past and future times do thee obey .
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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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