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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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Lo , the unbred , ill - organ'd piéces prove As full of art and industry , Of courage and of policy , As we ourselves , who think there's nothing wife but we ! Here a proud Pawn I admire , That , ftill advancing higher , At 1 .
Lo , the unbred , ill - organ'd piéces prove As full of art and industry , Of courage and of policy , As we ourselves , who think there's nothing wife but we ! Here a proud Pawn I admire , That , ftill advancing higher , At 1 .
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No matter , Cowley ! let proud Fortune fee , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee . Let all her gifts the portion be Of Folly , Luft , and Flattery , Fraud , Extortion , Calumny , Murder , Infidelity , Rebellion and ...
No matter , Cowley ! let proud Fortune fee , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee . Let all her gifts the portion be Of Folly , Luft , and Flattery , Fraud , Extortion , Calumny , Murder , Infidelity , Rebellion and ...
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... rooted - out by thee , That thy patients seem to be Restor'd not to health only , but virginity . The : The Plague itself , that proud imperial ill , 38 COWLEY'S POEMS .
... rooted - out by thee , That thy patients seem to be Restor'd not to health only , but virginity . The : The Plague itself , that proud imperial ill , 38 COWLEY'S POEMS .
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The Plague itself , that proud imperial ill , Which destroys towns , and does whole armies kill , If thou but succour the besieged heart , Calls all its poisons forth , and does depart , As if it fear'd no less thy art , Than Aaron's ...
The Plague itself , that proud imperial ill , Which destroys towns , and does whole armies kill , If thou but succour the besieged heart , Calls all its poisons forth , and does depart , As if it fear'd no less thy art , Than Aaron's ...
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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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