The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips, Smith, and PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... reason ; what returns Of thanks are due to thy beneficence Freely vouchfaf'd , when to the gates of death I tended prone ? if thy indulgent care Had not preven'd , among unbody'd ' fhades I now had wander'd ; and these empty thoughts Of ...
... reason ; what returns Of thanks are due to thy beneficence Freely vouchfaf'd , when to the gates of death I tended prone ? if thy indulgent care Had not preven'd , among unbody'd ' fhades I now had wander'd ; and these empty thoughts Of ...
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... reason hates , her rage may act . When barks glide flowly through the lazy main , The baffled pilots turn the helms in vain ; When driven by winds , they cut the foamy way , The rudders govern , and the ships obey . THE END OF THE FIRST ...
... reason hates , her rage may act . When barks glide flowly through the lazy main , The baffled pilots turn the helms in vain ; When driven by winds , they cut the foamy way , The rudders govern , and the ships obey . THE END OF THE FIRST ...
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... reason , and ufurp'd my foul , Yet this confent you plead , O faithful Lycon ! Oh ! only zealous fo for the fame of Phædra ! With this you blot my name , and clear your own ; And what's my frenzy , will be call'd my crime : What then is ...
... reason , and ufurp'd my foul , Yet this confent you plead , O faithful Lycon ! Oh ! only zealous fo for the fame of Phædra ! With this you blot my name , and clear your own ; And what's my frenzy , will be call'd my crime : What then is ...
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... reason , and diftinguish man ; Mix like the fenfelefs herd with beftial luft , Mother and fon prepofteroufly wicked ; To banish from thy foul the reverence due To honour , nature , and the genial bed , And injure one fo great , fo good ...
... reason , and diftinguish man ; Mix like the fenfelefs herd with beftial luft , Mother and fon prepofteroufly wicked ; To banish from thy foul the reverence due To honour , nature , and the genial bed , And injure one fo great , fo good ...
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... reasons , why the following poems appear in public ; for it is ten to one whether he gives the true ; and if he does , it is much greater odds , whether the gentle reader is fo courteous as to believe him . He could tell the world ...
... reasons , why the following poems appear in public ; for it is ten to one whether he gives the true ; and if he does , it is much greater odds , whether the gentle reader is fo courteous as to believe him . He could tell the world ...
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Page 4 - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
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Page 216 - I'd shun, with as much studious care, As I would dens where hungry lions are ; And rather put up injuries, than be A plague to him, who'd be a plague to me. I value quiet at a price too great...
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Page 53 - Sylvan (hades, and filent groves, (Haunt of the Druids) whence the earth is fed With copious fuel ; whence the fturdy oak, A prince's refuge once, th...
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Page 289 - By great example to wise actions led : Much to the fame her lineal heroes bore She owes, but to her own high genius more; And, by a noble emulation mov'd, Excell'd their virtues, and her own improv'd ; Till they arriv'd to that celestial height, Scarce angels greater be, or saints so bright.
Page 316 - Fills it with restless doubts, and wild debates* Concerning what we, living, cannot find. None know what Death is. but the dead; Therefore we all, by nature, dying dread, As a strange, doubtful way, we know not how to tread.
Page 54 - Fresh blooming in thy generous son ; whose lips, Flowing with nervous eloquence exact, Charm the wise senate, and attention win In deepest councils: Ariconium pleas'd, Him, as her chosen worthy, first salutes. Him on th...