The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... light . Riches alone are of uncertain date , And on fhort man long cannot wait ; The virtuous make of them the best , And put them out to Fame for interest i With With a frail good they wifely buy The folid purchase 10 COWLEY'S POEM'S .
... light . Riches alone are of uncertain date , And on fhort man long cannot wait ; The virtuous make of them the best , And put them out to Fame for interest i With With a frail good they wifely buy The folid purchase 10 COWLEY'S POEM'S .
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... light , O'er which the god - like fun's unwearied fight Ne'er winks in clouds , or fleeps in night , An endless spring of age the good enjoy , Where neither Want does pinch , nor Plenty cloy : There neither earth nor fea they plow , Nor ...
... light , O'er which the god - like fun's unwearied fight Ne'er winks in clouds , or fleeps in night , An endless spring of age the good enjoy , Where neither Want does pinch , nor Plenty cloy : There neither earth nor fea they plow , Nor ...
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... the ravish'd maid fhe fought , Appear'd not half fo bright , But caft a weaker light , Through earth , and air , and feas , and up to th ' heavenly vault . To " To thee , O Proferpine ! this ifle I 16 COWLEY'S POEMS .
... the ravish'd maid fhe fought , Appear'd not half fo bright , But caft a weaker light , Through earth , and air , and feas , and up to th ' heavenly vault . To " To thee , O Proferpine ! this ifle I 16 COWLEY'S POEMS .
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... light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , fcorpion , all the radiant monsters there . THE PRAISE OF PINDAR . In imitation of HORACE's fecond Ode , B. IV . " Pindarum quifquis ftudet æmulari , & c ...
... light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , fcorpion , all the radiant monsters there . THE PRAISE OF PINDAR . In imitation of HORACE's fecond Ode , B. IV . " Pindarum quifquis ftudet æmulari , & c ...
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... light and public ufe by thee . Nor doft thou only dive fo low , But fly With an unwearied wing the other way on high , Where Fates among the ftars do grow ; There There into the close nefts of Time doft peep , 26 COWLEY'S POEM'S .
... light and public ufe by thee . Nor doft thou only dive fo low , But fly With an unwearied wing the other way on high , Where Fates among the ftars do grow ; There There into the close nefts of Time doft peep , 26 COWLEY'S POEM'S .
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