The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... thunder , and almighty wrath Fearless provok'd , which all the other devils Would dread to meet ; remembering well the day When , driven from pure immortal feats above , A fiery tempeft hurl'd them down the skies , And hung upon the ...
... thunder , and almighty wrath Fearless provok'd , which all the other devils Would dread to meet ; remembering well the day When , driven from pure immortal feats above , A fiery tempeft hurl'd them down the skies , And hung upon the ...
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... thunder of his power who can understand ? " His fovereignty , his knowledge , and his wifdom , are re- vealed to us in language vaftly fuperior to all the poe- tical accounts of heathen divinity . Let the pot- " fherds ftrive with the ...
... thunder of his power who can understand ? " His fovereignty , his knowledge , and his wifdom , are re- vealed to us in language vaftly fuperior to all the poe- tical accounts of heathen divinity . Let the pot- " fherds ftrive with the ...
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... thunder and lightnings too , and clouds and fire , to form a chariot and horses for the battle , or the triumph ; but there is none of them provides him a flight of Che- rubs instead of horses , or feats him in " chariots of fal ...
... thunder and lightnings too , and clouds and fire , to form a chariot and horses for the battle , or the triumph ; but there is none of them provides him a flight of Che- rubs instead of horses , or feats him in " chariots of fal ...
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... thunder roar , And vengeance blait me , I could plead no more , But own thy juftice dying , and adore . Yet can thofe bolts of death that cleave the flood To reach a rebel , pierce this facred shroud , Ting'd in the vital stream of my ...
... thunder roar , And vengeance blait me , I could plead no more , But own thy juftice dying , and adore . Yet can thofe bolts of death that cleave the flood To reach a rebel , pierce this facred shroud , Ting'd in the vital stream of my ...
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... thunder lay ; There the dark feeds of fire were fown , To fpring a bright , but difmal day . Thy Love beheld the black design , Thy Love that guards our island round ; Strange ! how it quench'd the fiery mine , And cruf'd the tempeft ...
... thunder lay ; There the dark feeds of fire were fown , To fpring a bright , but difmal day . Thy Love beheld the black design , Thy Love that guards our island round ; Strange ! how it quench'd the fiery mine , And cruf'd the tempeft ...
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