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Here all the Heroes , and their Poets , live Wise Rhadamanthus did the sentence give , Who for his justice was thought fit With sovereign Saturn on the bench to fit . Peleus here , and Cadmus , reign ; Here great Achilles , wrathful now ...
Here all the Heroes , and their Poets , live Wise Rhadamanthus did the sentence give , Who for his justice was thought fit With sovereign Saturn on the bench to fit . Peleus here , and Cadmus , reign ; Here great Achilles , wrathful now ...
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Let all the towns be then Replenish'd thick with men , “ Wise in peace , and bold in wars ! « Of thousand glorious towns the nation , “ Of thousand glorious men each town a constellation ! “ Nor let their warlike laurel scorn , “ With ...
Let all the towns be then Replenish'd thick with men , “ Wise in peace , and bold in wars ! « Of thousand glorious towns the nation , “ Of thousand glorious men each town a constellation ! “ Nor let their warlike laurel scorn , “ With ...
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With man , alas ! no ctherwise it proves ; An unfeen hand makes all their Moves ; And some are great , and some are small , Some climb to good , some from good - fortune fall ; Some wise - men , and some fools ...
With man , alas ! no ctherwise it proves ; An unfeen hand makes all their Moves ; And some are great , and some are small , Some climb to good , some from good - fortune fall ; Some wise - men , and some fools ...
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Yet canst nor wave nor wind sustain , But , broken and o'erwhelm'd , the endless oceans meet again . And with what rare inventions do we strive Ourselves then to survive ? Wise , subtle arts , and such ...
Yet canst nor wave nor wind sustain , But , broken and o'erwhelm'd , the endless oceans meet again . And with what rare inventions do we strive Ourselves then to survive ? Wise , subtle arts , and such ...
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Wise , subtle arts , and such as well befit That Nothing Man's no wit !Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it , And by the proofs of death pretend to live . “ Here lies the great ” -false marble ! where ?
Wise , subtle arts , and such as well befit That Nothing Man's no wit !Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it , And by the proofs of death pretend to live . “ Here lies the great ” -false marble ! where ?
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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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