The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... Earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the gloffy fragments lay , } And drefs'd the rocky fhelves , and pav'd the painted bay . Thy treasures next arriv'd : and now we boast A nobler cargo on our barren coast : From thy ...
... Earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the gloffy fragments lay , } And drefs'd the rocky fhelves , and pav'd the painted bay . Thy treasures next arriv'd : and now we boast A nobler cargo on our barren coast : From thy ...
Page xiii
... earth the fluttering pheasant lie ! His gaudy robes in dazzling lines 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 ...
... earth the fluttering pheasant lie ! His gaudy robes in dazzling lines 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 ...
Page xxii
... earth fhe bends her loathing eye , Weak to support the blaze of majesty . But what are they that turn the sacred page ? Three lovely Virgins , and of equal age ; Intent they read , and all enamour'd seem , As he that met his likeness in ...
... earth fhe bends her loathing eye , Weak to support the blaze of majesty . But what are they that turn the sacred page ? Three lovely Virgins , and of equal age ; Intent they read , and all enamour'd seem , As he that met his likeness in ...
Page xxiii
... earth thy dear remembrance flies , " Sweet to the world , and grateful to the skies . " 30 35 40 SIMON HARCOURT . [ The verses to Mr. Pope , by the Duke of Bucking- ham , Dr. Parnell , Mr. Broome , Mr. Fenton , and Lord Lyttelton , are ...
... earth thy dear remembrance flies , " Sweet to the world , and grateful to the skies . " 30 35 40 SIMON HARCOURT . [ The verses to Mr. Pope , by the Duke of Bucking- ham , Dr. Parnell , Mr. Broome , Mr. Fenton , and Lord Lyttelton , are ...
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... earth ; and the present spirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ( any way ) one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe , what I am ...
... earth ; and the present spirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ( any way ) one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe , what I am ...
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