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Page 12
How , noble archer ! do thy wanton arrows fly At all the game that does but cross thine eye .; Shoot , and spare not , for I see Thy founding quiver can ne'er ' emptied be : Let Art use method and good - husbandry , Art lives on ...
How , noble archer ! do thy wanton arrows fly At all the game that does but cross thine eye .; Shoot , and spare not , for I see Thy founding quiver can ne'er ' emptied be : Let Art use method and good - husbandry , Art lives on ...
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From thence he falls into the praise of Chro . mius's person , which he draws from his great endowments of mind and body , and most especially from his hospitality , and the worthy use of his riches . He likens his beginning to that of ...
From thence he falls into the praise of Chro . mius's person , which he draws from his great endowments of mind and body , and most especially from his hospitality , and the worthy use of his riches . He likens his beginning to that of ...
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... fathom'st the deep gulf of ages past , And canst pluck up with ease The years which thou doft plcafe ; Like shipwreck'd treasures , by rude tempests cast Long since into the sea , Brought up again to light and public use by thee .
... fathom'st the deep gulf of ages past , And canst pluck up with ease The years which thou doft plcafe ; Like shipwreck'd treasures , by rude tempests cast Long since into the sea , Brought up again to light and public use by thee .
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Their several ways of life let others chuse , Their several pleasures let them use , But I was born for Love , and for a Muße . With Fate what boots it to contend . ? Such I began , such am , and fo must end . The star that did my being ...
Their several ways of life let others chuse , Their several pleasures let them use , But I was born for Love , and for a Muße . With Fate what boots it to contend . ? Such I began , such am , and fo must end . The star that did my being ...
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... And in the filken beds their slimy members place ; A luxury unknown before to all the watery race ! The water thus her wonders did produce ; But both were to no use ; As yet the forcerers ' mimic power servd for excuse .
... And in the filken beds their slimy members place ; A luxury unknown before to all the watery race ! The water thus her wonders did produce ; But both were to no use ; As yet the forcerers ' mimic power servd for excuse .
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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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