The Works of the English Poets, Volume 50H. Baldwin, 1779 - 318 pages |
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... fight ; Th ' enliven'd world look up with gladfome chear , Blefs the gay fcene , nor heed the night fo near ; Sudden , the lucent orb drops swiftly down Through western fkies , to fhine in worlds unknown . March 28 , 1720 . ૩૦ WM ...
... fight ; Th ' enliven'd world look up with gladfome chear , Blefs the gay fcene , nor heed the night fo near ; Sudden , the lucent orb drops swiftly down Through western fkies , to fhine in worlds unknown . March 28 , 1720 . ૩૦ WM ...
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... fight , And fill our fouls with ravishing delight . Exalted 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 ...
... fight , And fill our fouls with ravishing delight . Exalted 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 ...
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... fight . Of various ftates , the various bounds appear ; There wide Hifpania , fruitful Gallia here ; Belgia's moift foil , confpicuous from afar , And Flandria , long the field of a destructive war . C 20 Germania Germania too , with ...
... fight . Of various ftates , the various bounds appear ; There wide Hifpania , fruitful Gallia here ; Belgia's moift foil , confpicuous from afar , And Flandria , long the field of a destructive war . C 20 Germania Germania too , with ...
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... fight . Marble the floor , enrich'd with native stains Of various dye , and streak'd with azure veins . Ev'n emulous art with nature feems to ftrive , And the carv'd figures almoft breathe and live ; The painted altar , glorious to ...
... fight . Marble the floor , enrich'd with native stains Of various dye , and streak'd with azure veins . Ev'n emulous art with nature feems to ftrive , And the carv'd figures almoft breathe and live ; The painted altar , glorious to ...
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... fight On filver wings , bright Glory took her flight , And left , to guide his courfe , long fhining tracks of light ! 100 And now once more embark'd , propitious gales Blow fresh from fhore , and fill his hollow fails . As when the ...
... fight On filver wings , bright Glory took her flight , And left , to guide his courfe , long fhining tracks of light ! 100 And now once more embark'd , propitious gales Blow fresh from fhore , and fill his hollow fails . As when the ...
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