The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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... bright afcenfion of the Son of God ; 390 When back through yielding skies to heaven he rode , With lightning round his head , and thunder where he trod . Thus when to Charles , as Solomon , was given Wisdom , the greatest gift of ...
... bright afcenfion of the Son of God ; 390 When back through yielding skies to heaven he rode , With lightning round his head , and thunder where he trod . Thus when to Charles , as Solomon , was given Wisdom , the greatest gift of ...
Page 49
... : To them with eager haste and love he went ; The eldest first embrac'd , As new - born day in beauty bright , But fad in mind as deepest night : E What What tendereft hearts could fay , betwixt them past , THE POET'S COMPLAINT . 49.
... : To them with eager haste and love he went ; The eldest first embrac'd , As new - born day in beauty bright , But fad in mind as deepest night : E What What tendereft hearts could fay , betwixt them past , THE POET'S COMPLAINT . 49.
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... bright virgin glass , Clean , found , and fhining like its drinker's lass . Then down we fit , while every genius tries T'improve , till he deferves his facrifice : No No faucy hour prefumes to stint delight , We laugh EPISTLE TO MR ...
... bright virgin glass , Clean , found , and fhining like its drinker's lass . Then down we fit , while every genius tries T'improve , till he deferves his facrifice : No No faucy hour prefumes to stint delight , We laugh EPISTLE TO MR ...
Page 83
... Bright goddess , hail ! while we by thee furvey The various errors of our painful way ; While , guided by fome clew of heavenly thread , The labyrinth perplex'd we backward tread , Through rulers ' avarice , pride , ambition , hate ...
... Bright goddess , hail ! while we by thee furvey The various errors of our painful way ; While , guided by fome clew of heavenly thread , The labyrinth perplex'd we backward tread , Through rulers ' avarice , pride , ambition , hate ...
Page 84
... bright race of glory we begin . As , after Winter , Spring's glad face appears , As the bleft shore to ship - wreck'd mariners , Succefs to lovers , glory to the brave , Health to the fick , or freedom to the flave ; Such was great ...
... bright race of glory we begin . As , after Winter , Spring's glad face appears , As the bleft shore to ship - wreck'd mariners , Succefs to lovers , glory to the brave , Health to the fick , or freedom to the flave ; Such was great ...
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