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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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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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Thee first my song does greet , With numbers smooth and fleet As thine own horses ' airy feet , When they young Chromius ' chariot drew , And o'er the Nemæan race triumphant flew .. Jove will approve my song and me ; Jove is concern'd ...
Thee first my song does greet , With numbers smooth and fleet As thine own horses ' airy feet , When they young Chromius ' chariot drew , And o'er the Nemæan race triumphant flew .. Jove will approve my song and me ; Jove is concern'd ...
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Fierce and unbroken yet , Impatient of the spur or bit ; Now prances stately , and anon flies o'er the place ; Disdains the servile law of any settled pace , Conscious and proud of his own natural force . ' Twill no unskilful touch ...
Fierce and unbroken yet , Impatient of the spur or bit ; Now prances stately , and anon flies o'er the place ; Disdains the servile law of any settled pace , Conscious and proud of his own natural force . ' Twill no unskilful touch ...
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... Close in their sacred fecundine alleep , Till , Iratch'd by the sun's vital heat , Which o'er them yet does brooding set , They life and motion get , And , ripe at last , with vigorous might Break through the shell , and take their ...
... Close in their sacred fecundine alleep , Till , Iratch'd by the sun's vital heat , Which o'er them yet does brooding set , They life and motion get , And , ripe at last , with vigorous might Break through the shell , and take their ...
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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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