The Works of the English Poets, Volume 50H. Baldwin, 1779 - 318 pages |
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... planets born , Whom every Grace and every Muse adorn , Whofe fpreading fame has reach'd to foreign lands , Receive fome tribute too from British hands . 20 THE TRIUMPH THE OF PEACE . OCCASIONED BY THE PEACE OF [ 16 ]
... planets born , Whom every Grace and every Muse adorn , Whofe fpreading fame has reach'd to foreign lands , Receive fome tribute too from British hands . 20 THE TRIUMPH THE OF PEACE . OCCASIONED BY THE PEACE OF [ 16 ]
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... land ; And feems a mighty snake , whose shining pride Does through the meads in finuous volumes glide . Ah , charming ifle ! fairest of all the main ! Too long thou doft my willing eye detain . For fee a hero on the adverse strand ! And ...
... land ; And feems a mighty snake , whose shining pride Does through the meads in finuous volumes glide . Ah , charming ifle ! fairest of all the main ! Too long thou doft my willing eye detain . For fee a hero on the adverse strand ! And ...
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... land , Fruit , flowers , and corn ; her right a fickle bore ; 65 A yellow wreath of twisted wheat she wore . Next father Bacchus with his tigers grac'd The fhow , and , fqueezing clusters as he pass'd , Quaff'd flowing goblets of rich ...
... land , Fruit , flowers , and corn ; her right a fickle bore ; 65 A yellow wreath of twisted wheat she wore . Next father Bacchus with his tigers grac'd The fhow , and , fqueezing clusters as he pass'd , Quaff'd flowing goblets of rich ...
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... land : 120 At his approach , unruly transport reigns In 125 every breast , and rapture fires their veins , A general fhout fucceeds , as when on high Exploded thunder rends the vaulted sky . A fhort convulfion fhakes the folid fhore ...
... land : 120 At his approach , unruly transport reigns In 125 every breast , and rapture fires their veins , A general fhout fucceeds , as when on high Exploded thunder rends the vaulted sky . A fhort convulfion fhakes the folid fhore ...
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... land , He urg'd his daring way ; before his 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 ...
... land , He urg'd his daring way ; before his 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 ...
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