The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips, Smith, and PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... mind ; or fometimes mournful verfe Indite , and fing of groves and myrtle shades , Or desperate lady near a purling stream , Or lover pendent on a willow - tree . Meanwhile I labour with eternal drought , And restlefs wish , and rave ...
... mind ; or fometimes mournful verfe Indite , and fing of groves and myrtle shades , Or desperate lady near a purling stream , Or lover pendent on a willow - tree . Meanwhile I labour with eternal drought , And restlefs wish , and rave ...
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... mind ; thy plumy creft Nods horrible ; with more terrific port Thou walk'ft , and feem'ft already in the fight . What spoils , what conquests , then did Albion hope From From thy atchievements ! yet thou hast surpast Her boldest BLENHEIM .
... mind ; thy plumy creft Nods horrible ; with more terrific port Thou walk'ft , and feem'ft already in the fight . What spoils , what conquests , then did Albion hope From From thy atchievements ! yet thou hast surpast Her boldest BLENHEIM .
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... mind averse To right , and infincere , would violate His plighted faith : why did he not accept Friendly composure offer'd ? or well weigh With whom he must contend ? encountering fierce The The Solymean Sultan , he o'erthrew His moony ...
... mind averse To right , and infincere , would violate His plighted faith : why did he not accept Friendly composure offer'd ? or well weigh With whom he must contend ? encountering fierce The The Solymean Sultan , he o'erthrew His moony ...
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... mind . Of Aufpicious Queen ! fince in thy realms , fecure peace thou reign'ft , and victory attends Thy diftant enfigns , with compaffion view Europe embroil'd ; ftill thou ( for thou alone Sufficient art ) the jarring kingdoms ire ...
... mind . Of Aufpicious Queen ! fince in thy realms , fecure peace thou reign'ft , and victory attends Thy diftant enfigns , with compaffion view Europe embroil'd ; ftill thou ( for thou alone Sufficient art ) the jarring kingdoms ire ...
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... mind , How our fore - fathers , ( lucklefs men ! ) ingulft By the wide - yawning earth , to Stygian fhades Went quick , in one fad fepulchre inclos'd . In elder days , ere yet the Roman bands Victorious , this our other world fubdued ...
... mind , How our fore - fathers , ( lucklefs men ! ) ingulft By the wide - yawning earth , to Stygian fhades Went quick , in one fad fepulchre inclos'd . In elder days , ere yet the Roman bands Victorious , this our other world fubdued ...
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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 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.
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