The Works of the English Poets, Volume 50H. Baldwin, 1779 - 318 pages |
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... Love , in its true , its genuine lustre rise , And , in Eudocia , bid it charm our eyes . Virtue diftreft , thy happy lines disclose , With more of triumph than a conqueror knows ; Touch'd by thy hand , our stubborn tempers bend , And ...
... Love , in its true , its genuine lustre rise , And , in Eudocia , bid it charm our eyes . Virtue diftreft , thy happy lines disclose , With more of triumph than a conqueror knows ; Touch'd by thy hand , our stubborn tempers bend , And ...
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... love's intended marks receive in one ; Where , new to ease , and recent from thy pains , With ampler joy thou tread'ft the blissful plains : If there , regardful of the ways of men , Thou feeft with pity , what thou once has been , O ...
... love's intended marks receive in one ; Where , new to ease , and recent from thy pains , With ampler joy thou tread'ft the blissful plains : If there , regardful of the ways of men , Thou feeft with pity , what thou once has been , O ...
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... love and dauntless courage meet , To make thy hero's character compleat . , This finish'd piece the nobleft pens commend ; And ev'n the critics are the poet's friend . 10 15 . 20 25 Led Led on by thee , thofe * flowery paths I TO THE ...
... love and dauntless courage meet , To make thy hero's character compleat . , This finish'd piece the nobleft pens commend ; And ev'n the critics are the poet's friend . 10 15 . 20 25 Led Led on by thee , thofe * flowery paths I TO THE ...
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... love with war's alarms .. Our author fhows , in Eastern pomp array'd , The conquering hero and the conftant maid . None better knew , such noble heights to foar , Though Phædra , and though Cato charm'd before . While in the luftre of ...
... love with war's alarms .. Our author fhows , in Eastern pomp array'd , The conquering hero and the conftant maid . None better knew , such noble heights to foar , Though Phædra , and though Cato charm'd before . While in the luftre of ...
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