The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page ix
... Muse fincere , that never Flattery knew , Pays what to friendship and defert is due . Young , yet judicious ; in your verse are found Art ftrengthening Nature , Senfe improv'd by Sound . Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So ...
... Muse fincere , that never Flattery knew , Pays what to friendship and defert is due . Young , yet judicious ; in your verse are found Art ftrengthening Nature , Senfe improv'd by Sound . Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So ...
Page x
... Muse Should wear thofe flowers her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet muft his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common fwain's be ...
... Muse Should wear thofe flowers her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet muft his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common fwain's be ...
Page xvii
... Muses ' lov'd retreats , Thy rifing hills , low vales , and waving woods , Thy funny glades , and celebrated floods ! But chief Lodona's filver tides , that flow Cold and unfullied as the mountain fnow ; VOL . I. b 35 Whofe Whose virgin ...
... Muses ' lov'd retreats , Thy rifing hills , low vales , and waving woods , Thy funny glades , and celebrated floods ! But chief Lodona's filver tides , that flow Cold and unfullied as the mountain fnow ; VOL . I. b 35 Whofe Whose virgin ...
Page xx
... Muses ' throng , To thy juft praises tune th ' adventurous fong . How am I fill'd with rapture and delight When gods and mortals , mix'd , fuftain the fight ! Like Milton then , though in more polish'd strains , Thy chariots rattle o'er ...
... Muses ' throng , To thy juft praises tune th ' adventurous fong . How am I fill'd with rapture and delight When gods and mortals , mix'd , fuftain the fight ! Like Milton then , though in more polish'd strains , Thy chariots rattle o'er ...
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... Muse the long proceffion heads , And throws a luftre o'er the pomp she leads , Firft gives the Palm she fir'd him to obtain , Crowns his gay brow , and fhews him how to reign . Thus young Alcides , by old Chiron taught , Was form'd for ...
... Muse the long proceffion heads , And throws a luftre o'er the pomp she leads , Firft gives the Palm she fir'd him to obtain , Crowns his gay brow , and fhews him how to reign . Thus young Alcides , by old Chiron taught , Was form'd for ...
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