The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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Page 11
... tell , And on the pleafing theme for ever dwell ; But the Mufe faints , unequal to the flight , And hears thy strains with wonder and delight . When tombs of princes fhall in ruins lie , And all but Heaven - born piety fhall die , When ...
... tell , And on the pleafing theme for ever dwell ; But the Mufe faints , unequal to the flight , And hears thy strains with wonder and delight . When tombs of princes fhall in ruins lie , And all but Heaven - born piety fhall die , When ...
Page 33
... tell the world that I have endeavoured to reco- ver this argument out of the hands of impure writers , and to make it appear , that virtue and love are not such ftrangers as they are represented . The blissful inti- macy of fouls in ...
... tell the world that I have endeavoured to reco- ver this argument out of the hands of impure writers , and to make it appear , that virtue and love are not such ftrangers as they are represented . The blissful inti- macy of fouls in ...
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... telling them that any one copy entirely pleafes me . The best of them finks below the idea which I form of a divine or moral ode . He that deals in the myfteries of Heaven , or of the Muses , should be a genius of no vulgar mould : And ...
... telling them that any one copy entirely pleafes me . The best of them finks below the idea which I form of a divine or moral ode . He that deals in the myfteries of Heaven , or of the Muses , should be a genius of no vulgar mould : And ...
Page 64
... Tell the blind world , your orbs are fed By his o'erflowing flames . Winds , ye fhall bear his name aloud Through the ethereal blue , For when his chariot is a cloud , He makes his wheels of you . Thunder and hail , and fires and storms ...
... Tell the blind world , your orbs are fed By his o'erflowing flames . Winds , ye fhall bear his name aloud Through the ethereal blue , For when his chariot is a cloud , He makes his wheels of you . Thunder and hail , and fires and storms ...
Page 79
... telling Thee , ' Tis thy fair face alone my spirit burns to fee . Speak to my foul , alone , no other hand Shall mark my path out with delufive art : All nature filent in his prefence ftand ; Creatures , be dumb at his command , And ...
... telling Thee , ' Tis thy fair face alone my spirit burns to fee . Speak to my foul , alone , no other hand Shall mark my path out with delufive art : All nature filent in his prefence ftand ; Creatures , be dumb at his command , And ...
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