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Stop , stop , my Muse ! allay thy vigorous heat , Kindled at a hint so great ; Hold thy Pindaric Pegasus closely in , Which does to rage begin , And this feep hill would gallop up with violent course ; ' Tis an unruly and a hard ...
Stop , stop , my Muse ! allay thy vigorous heat , Kindled at a hint so great ; Hold thy Pindaric Pegasus closely in , Which does to rage begin , And this feep hill would gallop up with violent course ; ' Tis an unruly and a hard ...
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Sure the unpeopled land Would now untillid , desert , and naked standy Had God's all - mighty hand At the same time let loose Diseases ' rage Their civil wars in man to wage . But thou by Heaven wert sent This defolation to prevent ...
Sure the unpeopled land Would now untillid , desert , and naked standy Had God's all - mighty hand At the same time let loose Diseases ' rage Their civil wars in man to wage . But thou by Heaven wert sent This defolation to prevent ...
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Sorrow and fear foon quit the tyrant's breast ; Rage and revenge their place possess'd ; With a vast host of chariots and of horse , And all his powerful kingdom's ready force , The travelling nation he pursues ; Ten times b'ercome ...
Sorrow and fear foon quit the tyrant's breast ; Rage and revenge their place possess'd ; With a vast host of chariots and of horse , And all his powerful kingdom's ready force , The travelling nation he pursues ; Ten times b'ercome ...
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Saul's speech , and rage at his escape . A long digression describing the Prophets ' college , and their manner of life there , and the ordinary subjects of their Poetry . Saul's guards pursue David thither , and prophesy .
Saul's speech , and rage at his escape . A long digression describing the Prophets ' college , and their manner of life there , and the ordinary subjects of their Poetry . Saul's guards pursue David thither , and prophesy .
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3 ( Where hallow'd flames help to adorn that head Which once the blushing thorns environed , Till crimson drops of precious blood hung down Like rubies to enrich thine humble crown ) Ev'n thou my brealt with such blest rage inspire , 25 ...
3 ( Where hallow'd flames help to adorn that head Which once the blushing thorns environed , Till crimson drops of precious blood hung down Like rubies to enrich thine humble crown ) Ev'n thou my brealt with such blest rage inspire , 25 ...
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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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