The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips, Smith, and PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Nature's choicest gift . Remote thou hear'ft the dire effect of war , Depopulation , void alone of fear And peril , whilft the difmal fymphony Of drums and clarions , other realms annoys . Th ' Iberian fceptre undecided , here Engages ...
... Nature's choicest gift . Remote thou hear'ft the dire effect of war , Depopulation , void alone of fear And peril , whilft the difmal fymphony Of drums and clarions , other realms annoys . Th ' Iberian fceptre undecided , here Engages ...
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... Nature now demands that breath , That feebly strives thy worth to fing ! And would be hush'd , and loft in death , Did not thy care kind fuccours bring ! Thy pitying cafks my foul fuftain , And call new life in every vein . The fober ...
... Nature now demands that breath , That feebly strives thy worth to fing ! And would be hush'd , and loft in death , Did not thy care kind fuccours bring ! Thy pitying cafks my foul fuftain , And call new life in every vein . The fober ...
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... Nature's gifts may be improv'd by art . And thou , O Moftyn , whose benevolence , And candor , oft experienc'd , me vouchfaf'd To knit in friendship , growing still with years , Accept this pledge of gratitude and love . May it a ...
... Nature's gifts may be improv'd by art . And thou , O Moftyn , whose benevolence , And candor , oft experienc'd , me vouchfaf'd To knit in friendship , growing still with years , Accept this pledge of gratitude and love . May it a ...
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... in vain . The miry fields , Rejoicing in rich mold , moft ample fruit Of beauteous form produce ; pleafing to fight , But to the tongue inelegant and flat . So So Nature has decreed : fo oft we fee Men 34 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
... in vain . The miry fields , Rejoicing in rich mold , moft ample fruit Of beauteous form produce ; pleafing to fight , But to the tongue inelegant and flat . So So Nature has decreed : fo oft we fee Men 34 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
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Samuel Johnson. So Nature has decreed : fo oft we fee Men paffing fair , in outward lineaments Elaborate ; less , inwardly , exact . Nor from the fable ground expect fuccefs Nor from cretaceous , stubborn and jejune ; The Muft , of ...
Samuel Johnson. So Nature has decreed : fo oft we fee Men paffing fair , in outward lineaments Elaborate ; less , inwardly , exact . Nor from the fable ground expect fuccefs Nor from cretaceous , stubborn and jejune ; The Muft , of ...
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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 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...