The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... bear to transcribe , if the afpect and found of fo much Greek were not terrifying to a nice reader . But fome of the latter Poets of the Pagan world have debased this divine gift ; and many of the writers of the firft rank , in this our ...
... bear to transcribe , if the afpect and found of fo much Greek were not terrifying to a nice reader . But fome of the latter Poets of the Pagan world have debased this divine gift ; and many of the writers of the firft rank , in this our ...
Page 44
... bear down with a mighty fweep The riches of the fields , and honours of the woods ; Storms , that ravage o'er the deep , And bury millions in the waves ; Earthquakes , that in midnight fleep Turn cities into heaps , and make our beds ...
... bear down with a mighty fweep The riches of the fields , and honours of the woods ; Storms , that ravage o'er the deep , And bury millions in the waves ; Earthquakes , that in midnight fleep Turn cities into heaps , and make our beds ...
Page 45
... bear ; So rofes grow on thorns , and honey wears a fting . In vain we feek a Heaven below the fky ; The world has falfe , but flattering , charms : Its diftant joys fhow big in our esteem , But leffen still as they draw near the eye ...
... bear ; So rofes grow on thorns , and honey wears a fting . In vain we feek a Heaven below the fky ; The world has falfe , but flattering , charms : Its diftant joys fhow big in our esteem , But leffen still as they draw near the eye ...
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... bear a part , With my melodious breath , I'd tear away the vital chord , A bloody victim to my Lord , And live ... bears them all . Thy Voice produc'd the feas and fpheres , Bid the waves roar , and planets shine ; But nothing like thy ...
... bear a part , With my melodious breath , I'd tear away the vital chord , A bloody victim to my Lord , And live ... bears them all . Thy Voice produc'd the feas and fpheres , Bid the waves roar , and planets shine ; But nothing like thy ...
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... bear fome humble part In that immortal fong ! Wonder and joys shall tune my heart , And love command my tongue . THE HUMBLE ENQUIRY . A French Sonnet imitated . 1695 . " Grand Dieu , tes Jugemens , & c . " GRACE rules below , and fits ...
... bear fome humble part In that immortal fong ! Wonder and joys shall tune my heart , And love command my tongue . THE HUMBLE ENQUIRY . A French Sonnet imitated . 1695 . " Grand Dieu , tes Jugemens , & c . " GRACE rules below , and fits ...
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