The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... head of Jove , Steps out full - grown , with nobleft pace to move . What ancient poets to their fubjects owe , Is here inverted , and this owes to you : You found it little , but have made it great , They could defcribe , but you alone ...
... head of Jove , Steps out full - grown , with nobleft pace to move . What ancient poets to their fubjects owe , Is here inverted , and this owes to you : You found it little , but have made it great , They could defcribe , but you alone ...
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... , And lazy fogs hang lingering o'er his head . As at full length the pamper'd monarch lay , Battening in ease , and flumbering life away ; 75 80 85 90 A fpiteful A fpiteful noife his downy chains unties , Haftes forward 22 GARTH'S POEM S.
... , And lazy fogs hang lingering o'er his head . As at full length the pamper'd monarch lay , Battening in ease , and flumbering life away ; 75 80 85 90 A fpiteful A fpiteful noife his downy chains unties , Haftes forward 22 GARTH'S POEM S.
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... heads , And winds lay hush'd in fubterranean beds ; Whilft fickening flowers drink up the filver dew , And beaux for fome affembly drefs anew ; The city faints to prayers and play - house hafte ;. The rich to dinner , and the poor to ...
... heads , And winds lay hush'd in fubterranean beds ; Whilft fickening flowers drink up the filver dew , And beaux for fome affembly drefs anew ; The city faints to prayers and play - house hafte ;. The rich to dinner , and the poor to ...
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... head ; The plumes of boding ravens were her bed : From her chapp'd noftrils fcalding torrents fall , And her funk eyes boil o'er in floods of gall . Volcanos labour thus with inward pains , Whilft feas of melted ore lay wafte the plains ...
... head ; The plumes of boding ravens were her bed : From her chapp'd noftrils fcalding torrents fall , And her funk eyes boil o'er in floods of gall . Volcanos labour thus with inward pains , Whilft feas of melted ore lay wafte the plains ...
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... head The flying fish their finny pinions fpread ; Aloft in rows large poppy - heads were ftrung , And near , a fcaly alligator hung ; In this place , drugs in mufty heaps decay'd ; In that , dry'd bladders and drawn teeth were laid . An ...
... head The flying fish their finny pinions fpread ; Aloft in rows large poppy - heads were ftrung , And near , a fcaly alligator hung ; In this place , drugs in mufty heaps decay'd ; In that , dry'd bladders and drawn teeth were laid . An ...
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