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... kings : And how ingrateful Ephraim Had dealt with Jephtha , who by argument , Not worse than by his fhield and fpear , Defended Ifrael from the Ammonite , Had not his prowefs quell'd their pride In that fore battel when fo many dy'd 285 ...
... kings : And how ingrateful Ephraim Had dealt with Jephtha , who by argument , Not worse than by his fhield and fpear , Defended Ifrael from the Ammonite , Had not his prowefs quell'd their pride In that fore battel when fo many dy'd 285 ...
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... kings and queens and heroes old , Such as the wife Demodocus once told In folemn fongs at king Alcinoüs ' feast , While fad Ulyffes ' foul and all the rest 4-5 50 Arc R Are held with his melodious harmony In willing chains 76 MILTON'S ...
... kings and queens and heroes old , Such as the wife Demodocus once told In folemn fongs at king Alcinoüs ' feast , While fad Ulyffes ' foul and all the rest 4-5 50 Arc R Are held with his melodious harmony In willing chains 76 MILTON'S ...
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... glafs Forefaw what future days fhould bring to pafs ; Your fon , faid fhe , ( nor can you it prevent ) Shall fubject be to many an Accident . 60 70 O'er O'er all his brethren he shall reign as king , VACATION EXERCISE . 77.
... glafs Forefaw what future days fhould bring to pafs ; Your fon , faid fhe , ( nor can you it prevent ) Shall fubject be to many an Accident . 60 70 O'er O'er all his brethren he shall reign as king , VACATION EXERCISE . 77.
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Samuel Johnson. O'er all his brethren he shall reign as king , Yet every one fhall make him underling , And thofe that cannot live from him afun ler Ungratefully shall strive to keep him under , In worth and excellence he fhall out - go ...
Samuel Johnson. O'er all his brethren he shall reign as king , Yet every one fhall make him underling , And thofe that cannot live from him afun ler Ungratefully shall strive to keep him under , In worth and excellence he fhall out - go ...
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... King , Of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born , Our great redemption from above did bring ; For fo the holy fages once did fing , That he our deadly forfeit fhould release , And with his Father work us a perpetual peace . II . That ...
... King , Of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born , Our great redemption from above did bring ; For fo the holy fages once did fing , That he our deadly forfeit fhould release , And with his Father work us a perpetual peace . II . That ...
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Page 154 - lov'd to hear our fong. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never muft return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and defert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn. The willows, and the hazel copfes green, Shall now no more be feen,
Page 101 - With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With
Page 100 - Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. 90 Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecs found To many a youth, and many a maid, 95 Dancing in the chequer'd fhade; And young and old come forth to play On a
Page 154 - 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night Oft till the ftar that rofe, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's defcent had flop'd his
Page 177 - or moon, or ftar, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not .Againft Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but ftill bear up and fteer Right onward. What fupports me, doft thou afk ? The
Page 101 - Lap me in foft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verfe, Such as the meeting foul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked fweetnefs long drawn out, 140 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwifting all the chains that ty The hidden foul of harmony ; That Orpheus
Page 104 - In her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon .yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy