The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page vi
... appear- ances of Virtue in others . In a word , I mean not to be his Panegyrift , but his Hiftorian . And may I , when Envy and Calumny take the fame advantage of my absence ( for , while I live , I will freely trust it to my Life to ...
... appear- ances of Virtue in others . In a word , I mean not to be his Panegyrift , but his Hiftorian . And may I , when Envy and Calumny take the fame advantage of my absence ( for , while I live , I will freely trust it to my Life to ...
Page ix
... appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at beft moft mufically dull : So purling ftreams with even murmurs creep , And hush the heavy hearers into fleep . As fmootheft ...
... appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at beft moft mufically dull : So purling ftreams with even murmurs creep , And hush the heavy hearers into fleep . As fmootheft ...
Page x
... appears to justify The long - loft graces of fimplicity : So rural beauties captivate our sense With virgin charms , and native excellence . Yet long her Modesty those charms conceal'd ; Till by men's Envy to the world reveal'd ; For ...
... appears to justify The long - loft graces of fimplicity : So rural beauties captivate our sense With virgin charms , and native excellence . Yet long her Modesty those charms conceal'd ; Till by men's Envy to the world reveal'd ; For ...
Page xi
... appear , Fresh in the page , as in the grove they were . Nor half fo true the fair Lodona fhows The fylvan state that on her border grows , While the the wond'ring shepherd entertains With a new Windfor in her watery plains : The jufter ...
... appear , Fresh in the page , as in the grove they were . Nor half fo true the fair Lodona fhows The fylvan state that on her border grows , While the the wond'ring shepherd entertains With a new Windfor in her watery plains : The jufter ...
Page xiii
... appear , And every feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the generous courser by ; But while the prancing steed allures my eye , He starts , he's gone ! and now I fee him fly O'er hills and dales , and now I lofe the course ...
... appear , And every feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the generous courser by ; But while the prancing steed allures my eye , He starts , he's gone ! and now I fee him fly O'er hills and dales , and now I lofe the course ...
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