The Works of the English Poets, Volume 50H. Baldwin, 1779 - 318 pages |
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... shall strike the lyre with kill divine , 25 30 35 Who to harmonious founds * harmonious numbers join ! Who the rapacious tide of vice control , And , while they charin , the fenfe , reform the foul ! 40 In whom the lovely fifter - arts ...
... shall strike the lyre with kill divine , 25 30 35 Who to harmonious founds * harmonious numbers join ! Who the rapacious tide of vice control , And , while they charin , the fenfe , reform the foul ! 40 In whom the lovely fifter - arts ...
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... Shall own the glorious leffons thou hast taught ; And every Phocyas his Eudocia find . Honour's ftrict laws fhall reign in every mind , O ! yet be this the loweft of thy fame , 15 To form the hero , and inftruct the dame ; I fee the ...
... Shall own the glorious leffons thou hast taught ; And every Phocyas his Eudocia find . Honour's ftrict laws fhall reign in every mind , O ! yet be this the loweft of thy fame , 15 To form the hero , and inftruct the dame ; I fee the ...
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... shall pay : " Not Belgia , and the rescued ifle alone , " But Europe fhall her great deliverer own . " Rome's mighty grandeur was not more confest , " When great Antonius travel'd through the East , " And crouds of monarchs did each ...
... shall pay : " Not Belgia , and the rescued ifle alone , " But Europe fhall her great deliverer own . " Rome's mighty grandeur was not more confest , " When great Antonius travel'd through the East , " And crouds of monarchs did each ...
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... Shall raise my feeble flight , and mount me on the wing . On Albion's Eastern coast , an * ancient town O'erlooks the fea , to mariners well known ; Where the fwift + Stourus ends his fnaky train , And pays his watery tribute to the ...
... Shall raise my feeble flight , and mount me on the wing . On Albion's Eastern coast , an * ancient town O'erlooks the fea , to mariners well known ; Where the fwift + Stourus ends his fnaky train , And pays his watery tribute to the ...
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... shall owe ; Yet , from the batter'd shield , the ball shall bound , And on his arm inflict a fcarlet wound . 305 310 Elfewhere , behold NAMUR's proud turrets rise , Majestic to the fight , advancing to the skies ! The Meufe and Sambre ...
... shall owe ; Yet , from the batter'd shield , the ball shall bound , And on his arm inflict a fcarlet wound . 305 310 Elfewhere , behold NAMUR's proud turrets rise , Majestic to the fight , advancing to the skies ! The Meufe and Sambre ...
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