The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... death's grim afpect thou art not alarm'd , He , for thy fake , has death itfelf difarm'd Nor shall the grave o'er thee a victory boast ; Her triumph in thy rifing shall be loft , When thou shalt join th ' angelic choirs above , In never ...
... death's grim afpect thou art not alarm'd , He , for thy fake , has death itfelf difarm'd Nor shall the grave o'er thee a victory boast ; Her triumph in thy rifing shall be loft , When thou shalt join th ' angelic choirs above , In never ...
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... death , and funk down to damnation in multitudes . Was it for this that poefy was endued with all thofe allurements that lead the mind away in a pleafing captivity ? Was it for this , he was furnished with fo many intelle & ual charms ...
... death , and funk down to damnation in multitudes . Was it for this that poefy was endued with all thofe allurements that lead the mind away in a pleafing captivity ? Was it for this , he was furnished with fo many intelle & ual charms ...
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... death , " Change your dire hiffings into heavenly fongs , " And praise your Maker with your forked tongues . " This profanation and debasement of fo divine an art , has tempted fome weaker Chriftians to imagine that poetry and vice are ...
... death , " Change your dire hiffings into heavenly fongs , " And praise your Maker with your forked tongues . " This profanation and debasement of fo divine an art , has tempted fome weaker Chriftians to imagine that poetry and vice are ...
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... death ; all confufion and diforder , and " where the light is as darkness . This is my house , " there have I made my bed : I have faid to corrup- ❝tion , Thou art my father ; and to the worm , Thou " art my mother and my fifter : As ...
... death ; all confufion and diforder , and " where the light is as darkness . This is my house , " there have I made my bed : I have faid to corrup- ❝tion , Thou art my father ; and to the worm , Thou " art my mother and my fifter : As ...
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... death of his foul . If the trifling and incredible tales that furnish out a tragedy , are fo armed by wit and fancy , as to become fovereign of the rational powers , to triumph over all the affections , and manage our fmiles and our ...
... death of his foul . If the trifling and incredible tales that furnish out a tragedy , are fo armed by wit and fancy , as to become fovereign of the rational powers , to triumph over all the affections , and manage our fmiles and our ...
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