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Page 29
... head unsung , Renowned in verse each shady thicket grows , And every stream in heavenly numbers flows . How am I pleased to search the hills and woods For rising springs and celebrated floods ! To view the Nar , tumultuous in his course ...
... head unsung , Renowned in verse each shady thicket grows , And every stream in heavenly numbers flows . How am I pleased to search the hills and woods For rising springs and celebrated floods ! To view the Nar , tumultuous in his course ...
Page 37
... heads the frozen Pleiads shine : ' Tis liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , And makes her barren rocks and her bleak ... head , And fain her godlike sons would disunite By foreign gold , or by domestic spite ; But strives in vain to ...
... heads the frozen Pleiads shine : ' Tis liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , And makes her barren rocks and her bleak ... head , And fain her godlike sons would disunite By foreign gold , or by domestic spite ; But strives in vain to ...
Page 70
... head : What heart can bear ? Ease my soul , or strike me dead ! [ Exeunt SCENE V. - The Scene changes to the Pavilion as before . ROSAMOND , sola . Transporting pleasure ! who can tell it When our longing eyes discover The kind , the ...
... head : What heart can bear ? Ease my soul , or strike me dead ! [ Exeunt SCENE V. - The Scene changes to the Pavilion as before . ROSAMOND , sola . Transporting pleasure ! who can tell it When our longing eyes discover The kind , the ...
Page 74
... head A shield of adamant I spread . 1ST ANG . In hours of peace , unseen , unknown , I hover o'er the British throne . 2ND ANG . When hosts of foes with foes engage , And round the anointed hero rage , The cleaving falchion I misguide ...
... head A shield of adamant I spread . 1ST ANG . In hours of peace , unseen , unknown , I hover o'er the British throne . 2ND ANG . When hosts of foes with foes engage , And round the anointed hero rage , The cleaving falchion I misguide ...
Page 84
... head , and sink her to the dust . Since false Laomedon's tyrannic sway , That durst defraud the immortals of their pay , Her guardian gods renounced their patronage , Nor would the fierce invading foe repel ; To my resentment , and ...
... head , and sink her to the dust . Since false Laomedon's tyrannic sway , That durst defraud the immortals of their pay , Her guardian gods renounced their patronage , Nor would the fierce invading foe repel ; To my resentment , and ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.