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Page xvii
... tell , How Michael battled , and the Dragon fell ? Or , mixt with milder cherubim , to glow In hymns of love , not ill essay'd below ? Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind , A task well suited to thy gentle mind ? Oh , if ...
... tell , How Michael battled , and the Dragon fell ? Or , mixt with milder cherubim , to glow In hymns of love , not ill essay'd below ? Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind , A task well suited to thy gentle mind ? Oh , if ...
Page xvii
... tell In future tongues : each other's boast ! farewell . Farewell ! whom joined in fame , in friendship tried , No chance could sever , nor the grave divide . THOMAS TICKELL . POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . TO MR . DRYDEN.1 How.
... tell In future tongues : each other's boast ! farewell . Farewell ! whom joined in fame , in friendship tried , No chance could sever , nor the grave divide . THOMAS TICKELL . POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . TO MR . DRYDEN.1 How.
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... tell.5 Mag . Coll . Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . The Author's age , 22 . —the advantage of thy song . ] An instance of unpoetical expression . 2 Thy charming verse , and fair translations . ] The epithets too ge- neral and prosaic . 3 ...
... tell.5 Mag . Coll . Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . The Author's age , 22 . —the advantage of thy song . ] An instance of unpoetical expression . 2 Thy charming verse , and fair translations . ] The epithets too ge- neral and prosaic . 3 ...
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... tell what tempests rise . By turns they ease the loaden swarms , or drive The drone , a lazy insect , from their hive . The work is warmly plied through all the cells , And strong with thyme the new - made honey sinells . So in their ...
... tell what tempests rise . By turns they ease the loaden swarms , or drive The drone , a lazy insect , from their hive . The work is warmly plied through all the cells , And strong with thyme the new - made honey sinells . So in their ...
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... ' em with more success . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And so at once , dear friend and muse , farewell . LETTERA SCRITTA D'ITALIA AL MOLTO ONORABILE CARLO CONTE HALIFAX , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 27 223.
... ' em with more success . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And so at once , dear friend and muse , farewell . LETTERA SCRITTA D'ITALIA AL MOLTO ONORABILE CARLO CONTE HALIFAX , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 27 223.
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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.