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Whilst the dance lasts , how long foe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's dreadful sound : That to the spheres themselves shall silence bring , Untune the universal ...
Whilst the dance lasts , how long foe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's dreadful sound : That to the spheres themselves shall silence bring , Untune the universal ...
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Lo , of themselves th ' enliven'd Chess - men move ! 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 !
Lo , of themselves th ' enliven'd Chess - men move ! 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 !
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The best , till Nature was improv'd by Grace ; Till men above themselves Faith raised more Than Reason above beasts before . Virtue was thy life's centre , and from thence Did silently and constantly dispense The gentle , vigorous ...
The best , till Nature was improv'd by Grace ; Till men above themselves Faith raised more Than Reason above beasts before . Virtue was thy life's centre , and from thence Did silently and constantly dispense The gentle , vigorous ...
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Not Pharaoh from th ' unquiet plague could be , With all his change of raiments , free ; The deyils themselves confess'd This was God's hand ; and ' twas but just , To punish thus man's pride , to punish duft with dufte Lo ! the third ...
Not Pharaoh from th ' unquiet plague could be , With all his change of raiments , free ; The deyils themselves confess'd This was God's hand ; and ' twas but just , To punish thus man's pride , to punish duft with dufte Lo ! the third ...
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Fillid with proud hopes , “ At least , ” faid he , “ Th ' Egyptian Gods , from Syrian magic free , “ Will now revenge themselves and me ; “ Behold what passless rocks on either hand , “ Like prison - walls , about them stand , “ Whilst ...
Fillid with proud hopes , “ At least , ” faid he , “ Th ' Egyptian Gods , from Syrian magic free , “ Will now revenge themselves and me ; “ Behold what passless rocks on either hand , “ Like prison - walls , about them stand , “ Whilst ...
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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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