The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... vain fantastic joys , To difmal fcenes of everlafting woe ; When the great Judge fhall rear his awful throne , And raging flames furround the trembling globe , While the loud thunders roar from pole to pole , And the laft trump awakes ...
... vain fantastic joys , To difmal fcenes of everlafting woe ; When the great Judge fhall rear his awful throne , And raging flames furround the trembling globe , While the loud thunders roar from pole to pole , And the laft trump awakes ...
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... vain you'll wish , You'd been as very fools as once you thought ' Others , for the fublimeft wisdom fcorn'd ; When pointed lightnings from the wrathful Judge Shall finge your blighted laurels , and the men Who thought they flew fo high ...
... vain you'll wish , You'd been as very fools as once you thought ' Others , for the fublimeft wisdom fcorn'd ; When pointed lightnings from the wrathful Judge Shall finge your blighted laurels , and the men Who thought they flew fo high ...
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... vain have the throne and the pulpit cried Reformation ; while the stage and licentious poems have waged open war with the pious defign of church and ftate . The prefs has fpread the poifon far , and fcattered wide the mortal infection ...
... vain have the throne and the pulpit cried Reformation ; while the stage and licentious poems have waged open war with the pious defign of church and ftate . The prefs has fpread the poifon far , and fcattered wide the mortal infection ...
Page 16
... vain and dangerous . All that arifes a degree above Mr. Sternhold is too airy for worship , and hardly efcapes the fentence of " unclean and abominable . " It is ftrange , that perfons that have the Bible in their hands , fhould be led ...
... vain and dangerous . All that arifes a degree above Mr. Sternhold is too airy for worship , and hardly efcapes the fentence of " unclean and abominable . " It is ftrange , that perfons that have the Bible in their hands , fhould be led ...
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... vain in our own . Yet I muft confefs , that the Davideis , and the two Arthurs , have fo far answered Boileau's objection , in English , as that the obstacles of attempting Chriftian poesy are bro ken down , and the vain pretence of its ...
... vain in our own . Yet I muft confefs , that the Davideis , and the two Arthurs , have fo far answered Boileau's objection , in English , as that the obstacles of attempting Chriftian poesy are bro ken down , and the vain pretence of its ...
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