The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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... ev'n my mean and worthlefs verfe commend , For wonders always did his name attend . Though now ( alas ! ) , in the fad grave he lies ,. Yet fhall his praife for ever live , and laurels from it rise , Great were the toils attending the ...
... ev'n my mean and worthlefs verfe commend , For wonders always did his name attend . Though now ( alas ! ) , in the fad grave he lies ,. Yet fhall his praife for ever live , and laurels from it rise , Great were the toils attending the ...
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... ev'n o'er that a king , No terror could the Lord of Terrors bring . Through many fteady and well - manag'd years He'd arm'd his mind ' gainst all thofe little fears , Which common mortals want the power to hide , When their mean souls ...
... ev'n o'er that a king , No terror could the Lord of Terrors bring . Through many fteady and well - manag'd years He'd arm'd his mind ' gainst all thofe little fears , Which common mortals want the power to hide , When their mean souls ...
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... ev'n of neceffaries bare , No fervant had he , children , friend , or wife : But of a little remnant , got by fraud , ( For all ill turns he lov'd , all good detefted , and be- liev'd no God ) Thrice in a week he chang'd a hoarded groat ...
... ev'n of neceffaries bare , No fervant had he , children , friend , or wife : But of a little remnant , got by fraud , ( For all ill turns he lov'd , all good detefted , and be- liev'd no God ) Thrice in a week he chang'd a hoarded groat ...
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... ev'n amidst afflictions fair , He , though oppreft , ftill great . Into th ' expecting boat with hafte they went , Where , as the troubled Fair - one to the fhore fome withes fent For that dear pledge sh'ad left behind , And as her ...
... ev'n amidst afflictions fair , He , though oppreft , ftill great . Into th ' expecting boat with hafte they went , Where , as the troubled Fair - one to the fhore fome withes fent For that dear pledge sh'ad left behind , And as her ...
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... Ev'n mad as thofe the deities of night And water , Fauns and Dryads , do affright . But ftill each little interval I gain , Eafily find ' tis love breeds all my pain . Sure on our race love like a fate does fall , And Venus will have ...
... Ev'n mad as thofe the deities of night And water , Fauns and Dryads , do affright . But ftill each little interval I gain , Eafily find ' tis love breeds all my pain . Sure on our race love like a fate does fall , And Venus will have ...
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