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... Where filently they shook and wept : All naked from her bed the palfionate mother leap'd , To save or perish with her child ; She trembled , and the cry'd ; the mighty infant snild : The mighty infant seem'd well pleas'd At his gay ...
... Where filently they shook and wept : All naked from her bed the palfionate mother leap'd , To save or perish with her child ; She trembled , and the cry'd ; the mighty infant snild : The mighty infant seem'd well pleas'd At his gay ...
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From what monsters he should free The earth , the air , and sea ; What mighty tyrants he should say , Greater monsters far than they ; How much at Phlægra's field the distreft Gods should owe To their great offspring here below ...
From what monsters he should free The earth , the air , and sea ; What mighty tyrants he should say , Greater monsters far than they ; How much at Phlægra's field the distreft Gods should owe To their great offspring here below ...
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Long did the mighty Stagyrite retain The universal intellectual reign , Saw his own country's short - liv'd leopard fain ; The stronger Roman eagle did out - fly , Oftener renew'd his age , and saw that die . Mecca itself , in spite of ...
Long did the mighty Stagyrite retain The universal intellectual reign , Saw his own country's short - liv'd leopard fain ; The stronger Roman eagle did out - fly , Oftener renew'd his age , and saw that die . Mecca itself , in spite of ...
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I little thought before ( Nor , being my own self so poor , Could comprehend fo vast a store ) That all the wardrobe of rich Eloquence Could have afforded half enough , Of bright , of new , and lasting stuff , To cloathe the mighty ...
I little thought before ( Nor , being my own self so poor , Could comprehend fo vast a store ) That all the wardrobe of rich Eloquence Could have afforded half enough , Of bright , of new , and lasting stuff , To cloathe the mighty ...
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Virtue was thy life's centre , and from thence Did silently and constantly dispense The gentle , vigorous influence To all the wide and fair circumference ; And all the parts upon it lean'd fò easily ; Obey'd the mighty force fo ...
Virtue was thy life's centre , and from thence Did silently and constantly dispense The gentle , vigorous influence To all the wide and fair circumference ; And all the parts upon it lean'd fò easily ; Obey'd the mighty force fo ...
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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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