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And lastly ( which were enough alone for my purpose ) we must consider that our ears are strangers to the mufick of his numbers , which fometimes ( especially in songs and odes ) almost without any thing else , makes an excellent poet ...
And lastly ( which were enough alone for my purpose ) we must consider that our ears are strangers to the mufick of his numbers , which fometimes ( especially in songs and odes ) almost without any thing else , makes an excellent poet ...
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And lastly ( which were enough alone for my purpose ) we must consider that our ears are strangers to the mufick of his numbers , which sometimes ( especially in songs and odes ) almost without any thing else , makes an excellent poet ...
And lastly ( which were enough alone for my purpose ) we must consider that our ears are strangers to the mufick of his numbers , which sometimes ( especially in songs and odes ) almost without any thing else , makes an excellent poet ...
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Q UEEN.of all harmonious things , Dancing words , and speaking strings ! What God , what Hero , wilt thou fing ? What happy man to equal glories bring ? Begin , begin thy noble choice , And let the hills around reflect the image of thy ...
Q UEEN.of all harmonious things , Dancing words , and speaking strings ! What God , what Hero , wilt thou fing ? What happy man to equal glories bring ? Begin , begin thy noble choice , And let the hills around reflect the image of thy ...
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To which , great son of Rhea ! say The firm word which forbids things to decay ! If in Olympus ' top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show .; If in Alpheus ' filver flight ; If in my verse , thou dost delight , My verse ...
To which , great son of Rhea ! say The firm word which forbids things to decay ! If in Olympus ' top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show .; If in Alpheus ' filver flight ; If in my verse , thou dost delight , My verse ...
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Erynnis saw ' t , and made in her own feed The innocent Parricide to bleed ; She flew his wrathful fons with mutual blows : But better things did then succeed , And brave Thersander , in amends for what was past , arose .
Erynnis saw ' t , and made in her own feed The innocent Parricide to bleed ; She flew his wrathful fons with mutual blows : But better things did then succeed , And brave Thersander , in amends for what was past , arose .
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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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