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Thou of my church salt be ; “ Hate and renounce " said she , “ Wealth , honour , pleasures , all the world , for me . “ Thou neither great at court , nor in the war ; “ Nor at th ' exchange , shalt be , nor at the wrangling “ Content ...
Thou of my church salt be ; “ Hate and renounce " said she , “ Wealth , honour , pleasures , all the world , for me . “ Thou neither great at court , nor in the war ; “ Nor at th ' exchange , shalt be , nor at the wrangling “ Content ...
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Unbend sometimes thy restless care , And let thy friends fo happy be T'enjoy at once their health and thee : Some hours , at least , to thine own pleasures spare : Since the whole stock may soon exhausted be , Bestow ' t not all in ...
Unbend sometimes thy restless care , And let thy friends fo happy be T'enjoy at once their health and thee : Some hours , at least , to thine own pleasures spare : Since the whole stock may soon exhausted be , Bestow ' t not all in ...
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Not Paul , who first did thither pass , And this great world's Columbus was , The tyrannous pleasure could express . Oh , ' tis too much for man ! but let it ne'er be less ! The mighty ' Elijah mounted fo on high , That second man who ...
Not Paul , who first did thither pass , And this great world's Columbus was , The tyrannous pleasure could express . Oh , ' tis too much for man ! but let it ne'er be less ! The mighty ' Elijah mounted fo on high , That second man who ...
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“ ' Twill be some pleasure then to take his breath , " When he shall strive and wrestle with his death ; 620 " Go , let him live And yetm - shall I then stay “ So long ? good and great actions hate delay . * Some foolish piety.perhaps ...
“ ' Twill be some pleasure then to take his breath , " When he shall strive and wrestle with his death ; 620 " Go , let him live And yetm - shall I then stay “ So long ? good and great actions hate delay . * Some foolish piety.perhaps ...
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No longer could good David quiet bear Th ' unwieldy pleasure which o'erflow'd him here : It broke the fetters , and burit ope eye ; 785 Away the timorous forms together fly : Fix'd with amaze he stood ; and time must take , To learn if ...
No longer could good David quiet bear Th ' unwieldy pleasure which o'erflow'd him here : It broke the fetters , and burit ope eye ; 785 Away the timorous forms together fly : Fix'd with amaze he stood ; and time must take , To learn if ...
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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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