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Such monsters , Theron ! has thy virtue found : But all the malice they profess , Thy secure honour cannot wound ; For thy vaft bounties are so numberless , That them or to conceal , or else to tell , Is equally impossible !
Such monsters , Theron ! has thy virtue found : But all the malice they profess , Thy secure honour cannot wound ; For thy vaft bounties are so numberless , That them or to conceal , or else to tell , Is equally impossible !
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This I dare boldly tell , ' Tis so like truth , ' twill serve our turn as well . Juft , as in Nature , thy proportions be , As full of concord their variety , As firm the parts upon their centre reít , And all fo folid are , that they ...
This I dare boldly tell , ' Tis so like truth , ' twill serve our turn as well . Juft , as in Nature , thy proportions be , As full of concord their variety , As firm the parts upon their centre reít , And all fo folid are , that they ...
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“ Whate'er these seem , whate'er philosophy " And fenfe or reafon tell , ” said I , “ These things have life , election , liberty ; “ ' Tis their own wisdom moulds their state , " Their faults and virtues make their fate .
“ Whate'er these seem , whate'er philosophy " And fenfe or reafon tell , ” said I , “ These things have life , election , liberty ; “ ' Tis their own wisdom moulds their state , " Their faults and virtues make their fate .
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The ripen'd soul longs from his prison to come ; But we would seal , and fow up , if we could , the womb : We seek to close and plaister up by art The cracks and breaches of th ' extended Tell , And in that narrow cell Would rudely ...
The ripen'd soul longs from his prison to come ; But we would seal , and fow up , if we could , the womb : We seek to close and plaister up by art The cracks and breaches of th ' extended Tell , And in that narrow cell Would rudely ...
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511 THE XXXIV CHAPTER OF THE PROPHET ISAIA H. A Wake , and with attention hear , Thou drowsy World ! for it concerns thee near ; Awake , I say , and listen well , To what from God , I , his loud prophet , tell .
511 THE XXXIV CHAPTER OF THE PROPHET ISAIA H. A Wake , and with attention hear , Thou drowsy World ! for it concerns thee near ; Awake , I say , and listen well , To what from God , I , his loud prophet , tell .
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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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