The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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Page 17
... light , And dread no more eternity of night : Thus we , who lately , as of funmer's heat , Have felt a dearth of poetry and wit , Once fear'd , Apollo would return no more From warmer climes to an ungrateful shore . But you , the ...
... light , And dread no more eternity of night : Thus we , who lately , as of funmer's heat , Have felt a dearth of poetry and wit , Once fear'd , Apollo would return no more From warmer climes to an ungrateful shore . But you , the ...
Page 21
... light puts on , And floods of chyle in filver currents run ; How the dim fpeck of entity began T'extend its recent form , and ftretch to man ; To how minute an origin we owe 40 Young Ammon , Cæfar , and the great Nassau ; Why paler ...
... light puts on , And floods of chyle in filver currents run ; How the dim fpeck of entity began T'extend its recent form , and ftretch to man ; To how minute an origin we owe 40 Young Ammon , Cæfar , and the great Nassau ; Why paler ...
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... light meffenger the fury spy'd , Awhile his curdling blood forgot to glide : Confufion on his fainting vitals hung , And faltering accents flutter'd on his tongue : At length , affuming courage , he convey'd His errand , then he fhrunk ...
... light meffenger the fury spy'd , Awhile his curdling blood forgot to glide : Confufion on his fainting vitals hung , And faltering accents flutter'd on his tongue : At length , affuming courage , he convey'd His errand , then he fhrunk ...
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... Light's chearful smiles o'er th ' azure waste are spread , And Mifs from inns of court bolts out unpaid ; The Sage , tranfported at th ' approaching hour , Imperiously thrice thunder'd on the floor ; Officious Squirt that moment had ...
... Light's chearful smiles o'er th ' azure waste are spread , And Mifs from inns of court bolts out unpaid ; The Sage , tranfported at th ' approaching hour , Imperiously thrice thunder'd on the floor ; Officious Squirt that moment had ...
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... lights the folemn pile . Feebly the flames on clumfy wings afpire , And fmothering fogs of smoke benight the fire . With forrow he beheld the fad portent , Then to the hag thefe orifons he fent : Difeafe ! thou ever moft propitious ...
... lights the folemn pile . Feebly the flames on clumfy wings afpire , And fmothering fogs of smoke benight the fire . With forrow he beheld the fad portent , Then to the hag thefe orifons he fent : Difeafe ! thou ever moft propitious ...
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