The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page xvii
... 'er thy closing grave we bend , Accept these tears , thou dear departed friend ! Oh , gone for ever , take this long adieu ; And sleep in peace , next thy loved Montagu ! To strew fresh laurels , let the task be mine.
... 'er thy closing grave we bend , Accept these tears , thou dear departed friend ! Oh , gone for ever , take this long adieu ; And sleep in peace , next thy loved Montagu ! To strew fresh laurels , let the task be mine.
Page xvii
... tears ? How sweet were once thy prospects , fresh and fair , Thy sloping walks , and unpolluted air ! How sweet the glooms beneath thy aged trees , Thy noon - tide shadow , and thy evening breeze ! His image thy forsaken bowers restore ...
... tears ? How sweet were once thy prospects , fresh and fair , Thy sloping walks , and unpolluted air ! How sweet the glooms beneath thy aged trees , Thy noon - tide shadow , and thy evening breeze ! His image thy forsaken bowers restore ...
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... tears ; Opprest religion gives the first alarms , And injured justice sets him in his arms ; His conquests freedom to the world afford , And nations bless the labours of his sword . Thus when the forming muse would copy forti A perfect ...
... tears ; Opprest religion gives the first alarms , And injured justice sets him in his arms ; His conquests freedom to the world afford , And nations bless the labours of his sword . Thus when the forming muse would copy forti A perfect ...
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... tears burst out unbidden at the sound ; Maria still our rising mirth destroys , Darkens our triumphs , and forbids our joys . But see , at length , the British ships appear ! Our Nassau comes ! and , as his fleet draws near , The rising ...
... tears burst out unbidden at the sound ; Maria still our rising mirth destroys , Darkens our triumphs , and forbids our joys . But see , at length , the British ships appear ! Our Nassau comes ! and , as his fleet draws near , The rising ...
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... tears with gum , For the first ground - work of the golden comb ; On this they found their waxen works , and raise The yellow fabric on its gluey base . Some educate the young , or hatch the seed With vital warmth , and future nations ...
... tears with gum , For the first ground - work of the golden comb ; On this they found their waxen works , and raise The yellow fabric on its gluey base . Some educate the young , or hatch the seed With vital warmth , and future nations ...
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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.