The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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Page 32
... dull skull , and rail'd , Refolv'd to force m ' untoward thought , and at the last prevail'd . A line came forth , but fuch a one , No travailing matron in her child - birth pains , Full of the joyful hopes to bear a fon , Was more ...
... dull skull , and rail'd , Refolv'd to force m ' untoward thought , and at the last prevail'd . A line came forth , but fuch a one , No travailing matron in her child - birth pains , Full of the joyful hopes to bear a fon , Was more ...
Page 34
... night , And only in the dark he strays ; Still wretch enough to live , with worse fools spends his days , And for old fhoes and scraps repeats dull plays .. Then Then next there follow'd , to make up the throng 34 POEMS . OT WAY'S.
... night , And only in the dark he strays ; Still wretch enough to live , with worse fools spends his days , And for old fhoes and scraps repeats dull plays .. Then Then next there follow'd , to make up the throng 34 POEMS . OT WAY'S.
Page 41
... dull . Till , fpite of Nature , through great pains , the fot ( And th ' influence of th ' ill genius of our land ) At laft in part began to understand . Some infight in the Latin tongue he got ; Could Could fmatter pretty well , and ...
... dull . Till , fpite of Nature , through great pains , the fot ( And th ' influence of th ' ill genius of our land ) At laft in part began to understand . Some infight in the Latin tongue he got ; Could Could fmatter pretty well , and ...
Page 57
... dull Saturn rul'd the race of men ; But braver Jove taught pleasure was no fin , And with his fifter did himself begin . Nearness of blood and kindred beft we prove , When we exprefs it in the closest love . Nor need we fear our fault ...
... dull Saturn rul'd the race of men ; But braver Jove taught pleasure was no fin , And with his fifter did himself begin . Nearness of blood and kindred beft we prove , When we exprefs it in the closest love . Nor need we fear our fault ...
Page 65
... dull speech , and that fine language call ? No , fince we live in fuch a fulfome age , } When nonfenfe loads the prefs , and choaks the ftage ; When blockheads will claim wit in nature's fpight , And every dunce , that starves ...
... dull speech , and that fine language call ? No , fince we live in fuch a fulfome age , } When nonfenfe loads the prefs , and choaks the ftage ; When blockheads will claim wit in nature's fpight , And every dunce , that starves ...
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