The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page xi
... thee from the bleak Atlantic fhore . To our dark world thy fhining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own . The Eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And India pour'd her gaudy treasures here : A various fpoil ...
... thee from the bleak Atlantic fhore . To our dark world thy fhining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own . The Eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And India pour'd her gaudy treasures here : A various fpoil ...
Page xiv
... thee , 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 ...
... thee , 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 ...
Page xviii
... thee rife worthy of their facred fource ; His fpirit heighten'd , yet his sense intire , As Gold runs purer from the trying fire . O , for a Mufe like thine , while I rehearse , Th ' immortal beauties of thy various verse ! Now light as ...
... thee rife worthy of their facred fource ; His fpirit heighten'd , yet his sense intire , As Gold runs purer from the trying fire . O , for a Mufe like thine , while I rehearse , Th ' immortal beauties of thy various verse ! Now light as ...
Page xxiii
... thee to his shrine , Though every Laurel through the dome be thine , ( From the proud Epic , down to those that shade The gentler brow of the soft Lesbian maid ) Go to the Good and Just , an awful train , Thy foul's delight , and glory ...
... thee to his shrine , Though every Laurel through the dome be thine , ( From the proud Epic , down to those that shade The gentler brow of the soft Lesbian maid ) Go to the Good and Just , an awful train , Thy foul's delight , and glory ...
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... thee . Biet Swains , whofe Nymphs in every grace excell ; 95 Eleft Nymphs , whof Swains thofe graces fing fo well ! Now rife , and hafte to yonder woodbine bowers , A foft retreat from fudden vernal showers ; The turf with rural ...
... thee . Biet Swains , whofe Nymphs in every grace excell ; 95 Eleft Nymphs , whof Swains thofe graces fing fo well ! Now rife , and hafte to yonder woodbine bowers , A foft retreat from fudden vernal showers ; The turf with rural ...
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