The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... shall please ev'n Britons more Than all their fhouts for Victory before . Oh ! could Britannia imitate thy ftream , The world fhould tremble at her awful name : From various fprings divided waters glide , In different colours roll a ...
... shall please ev'n Britons more Than all their fhouts for Victory before . Oh ! could Britannia imitate thy ftream , The world fhould tremble at her awful name : From various fprings divided waters glide , In different colours roll a ...
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... shall she grace and range the verdant plains ; By him felected for the Mufes ' theme , 40 Still shine a blooming maid , and roll a limpid stream . Go on , and , with thy rare resistless art , Rule each emotion of the various heart ; 45 ...
... shall she grace and range the verdant plains ; By him felected for the Mufes ' theme , 40 Still shine a blooming maid , and roll a limpid stream . Go on , and , with thy rare resistless art , Rule each emotion of the various heart ; 45 ...
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... shall praise , who best shall recommend . 15 20 25 The 1 The Chariot now the painful steep ascends , The Peans [ xxii ]
... shall praise , who best shall recommend . 15 20 25 The 1 The Chariot now the painful steep ascends , The Peans [ xxii ]
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... shall think the world in the right , and quietly fubmit to every truth which Time shall dif- cover to the prejudice of these writings ; not fo much as wishing fo irrational a thing , as that every body fhould be deceived merely for my ...
... shall think the world in the right , and quietly fubmit to every truth which Time shall dif- cover to the prejudice of these writings ; not fo much as wishing fo irrational a thing , as that every body fhould be deceived merely for my ...
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... equal Strephon's lays , Of Parian stone thy ftatue will i raife ; But if I conquer and augment my fold , Thy Parian statue shall be chang'd to geld . 45 50 55 60 STRE- STREP HON . O'er golden fands let rich Pactolus flow PASTORAL I. 27.
... equal Strephon's lays , Of Parian stone thy ftatue will i raife ; But if I conquer and augment my fold , Thy Parian statue shall be chang'd to geld . 45 50 55 60 STRE- STREP HON . O'er golden fands let rich Pactolus flow PASTORAL I. 27.
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