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Nor is fair Virtue's picture feen aright But in Fortune's golden light . Riches alone are of uncertain date , And on short man long cannot wait ; The virtuous make of them the beit , And put them out to Fame for interest ...
Nor is fair Virtue's picture feen aright But in Fortune's golden light . Riches alone are of uncertain date , And on short man long cannot wait ; The virtuous make of them the beit , And put them out to Fame for interest ...
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Whilft in the lands of unexhausted light , O'er which the god - like sun's unwearied fight Ne'er winks in clouds , or sleeps in night , An endless spring of age the good enjoy , Where neither Want does pinch , nor Plenty cloy : There ...
Whilft in the lands of unexhausted light , O'er which the god - like sun's unwearied fight Ne'er winks in clouds , or sleeps in night , An endless spring of age the good enjoy , Where neither Want does pinch , nor Plenty cloy : There ...
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The torches which the mother brought : When the ravish'd maid she fought , Appear'd not half fo bright , But cast a weaker light , Through earth , and air , and feas , and up to th ' heavenly vault . a To • To thee , O Proserpine ! this ...
The torches which the mother brought : When the ravish'd maid she fought , Appear'd not half fo bright , But cast a weaker light , Through earth , and air , and feas , and up to th ' heavenly vault . a To • To thee , O Proserpine ! this ...
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In their harmonious , golden palaces ; Walk with ineffable delight Through the thick groves of never - withering light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , scorpion , all the radiant monsters there .
In their harmonious , golden palaces ; Walk with ineffable delight Through the thick groves of never - withering light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , scorpion , all the radiant monsters there .
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... fathom'st the deep gulf of ages past , And canst pluck up with ease The years which thou doft plcafe ; Like shipwreck'd treasures , by rude tempests cast Long since into the sea , Brought up again to light and public use by thee .
... fathom'st the deep gulf of ages past , And canst pluck up with ease The years which thou doft plcafe ; Like shipwreck'd treasures , by rude tempests cast Long since into the sea , Brought up again to light and public use by thee .
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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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