The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11H. Baldwin, 1779 |
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... grace ! Sure fix'd on virtue may your nation stand , And public evil never touch the land ! 60 His words , well weigh'd , the general voice approv'd Benign , and instant his difmiffion mov'd . The monarch to Pontonous gave the fign , To ...
... grace ! Sure fix'd on virtue may your nation stand , And public evil never touch the land ! 60 His words , well weigh'd , the general voice approv'd Benign , and instant his difmiffion mov'd . The monarch to Pontonous gave the fign , To ...
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... grace implore ? Ah ! why forfake Phæacia's happy shore ? Some jufter prince perhaps had entertain'd , And fafe reftor'd me to my native land . Is this the promis'd long - expected coaft , And this the faith Phæacia's rulers boast ? O ...
... grace implore ? Ah ! why forfake Phæacia's happy shore ? Some jufter prince perhaps had entertain'd , And fafe reftor'd me to my native land . Is this the promis'd long - expected coaft , And this the faith Phæacia's rulers boast ? O ...
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... grace , And every elegance of form and face , O'er thy smooth skin a bark of wrinkles fpread , Turn hoar the auburn honours of thy head , Disfigure every limb with coarse attire , And in thy eyes extinguith all the fire ; Add all the ...
... grace , And every elegance of form and face , O'er thy smooth skin a bark of wrinkles fpread , Turn hoar the auburn honours of thy head , Disfigure every limb with coarse attire , And in thy eyes extinguith all the fire ; Add all the ...
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... grace ( He thus broke forth ) this friend of human race ! The fwain reply'd : It never was our guise To flight the poor , or aught humane despise ; For Jove unfolds our hofpitable door , ' Tis Jove that fends the stranger and the poor ...
... grace ( He thus broke forth ) this friend of human race ! The fwain reply'd : It never was our guise To flight the poor , or aught humane despise ; For Jove unfolds our hofpitable door , ' Tis Jove that fends the stranger and the poor ...
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... grace ; But most , the kind inviter's chearful face ? 220 } Thus might we fit , with focial goblets crown'd , 225 Till the whole circle of the year goes round ; Not the whole circle of the year would clofe My long narration of a life of ...
... grace ; But most , the kind inviter's chearful face ? 220 } Thus might we fit , with focial goblets crown'd , 225 Till the whole circle of the year goes round ; Not the whole circle of the year would clofe My long narration of a life of ...
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