The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11H. Baldwin, 1779 |
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... stranger to our name ? Thou feeft an island , not to those unknown Whofe hills are brighten'd by the rifing fun , Nor thofe that plac'd beneath his utmost reign Behold him finking in the western main . The rugged foil allows no level ...
... stranger to our name ? Thou feeft an island , not to those unknown Whofe hills are brighten'd by the rifing fun , Nor thofe that plac'd beneath his utmost reign Behold him finking in the western main . The rugged foil allows no level ...
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... stranger and the poor . Little , alas is all the good I can ; A man opprefs'd , dependant , yet a man : Accept fuch treatment as a fwain affords , Slave to the infolence of youthful lords ! Far hence is by unequal Gods remov'd That man ...
... stranger and the poor . Little , alas is all the good I can ; A man opprefs'd , dependant , yet a man : Accept fuch treatment as a fwain affords , Slave to the infolence of youthful lords ! Far hence is by unequal Gods remov'd That man ...
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... stranger to betray , And fell to bondage in a foreign land : Much doubting , yet compell'd , I quit the strand . Through the mid feas the nimble pinnace fails , Aloof from Crete , before the northern gales : But when remote her chalky ...
... stranger to betray , And fell to bondage in a foreign land : Much doubting , yet compell'd , I quit the strand . Through the mid feas the nimble pinnace fails , Aloof from Crete , before the northern gales : But when remote her chalky ...
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... stranger plac'd . A golden ewer th ' attendant damfel brings , Replete with water from the crystal springs ; " With copious ftreams the fhining vase supplies A filver laver of capacious fize . 150 They wash . The tables in fair order ...
... stranger plac'd . A golden ewer th ' attendant damfel brings , Replete with water from the crystal springs ; " With copious ftreams the fhining vase supplies A filver laver of capacious fize . 150 They wash . The tables in fair order ...
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... stranger thus addrefs'd .: O thou ! that doft thy happy course prepare With pure libations , and with folemn prayer ; By that dread Power to whom thy vows are paid ; By all the lives of thefe ; thy own dear head , Declare fincerely to ...
... stranger thus addrefs'd .: O thou ! that doft thy happy course prepare With pure libations , and with folemn prayer ; By that dread Power to whom thy vows are paid ; By all the lives of thefe ; thy own dear head , Declare fincerely to ...
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