The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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... noble liberty , Should fo much of our old disease retain , To make us furfeit into flaves again ! 80 Slaves to thofe tyrant lords whofe yoke we bore , And ferv'd fo base a bondage to before ; Yet ' twas our curfe , that bleffings flow'd ...
... noble liberty , Should fo much of our old disease retain , To make us furfeit into flaves again ! 80 Slaves to thofe tyrant lords whofe yoke we bore , And ferv'd fo base a bondage to before ; Yet ' twas our curfe , that bleffings flow'd ...
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... noble to be well defcrib'd or prais'd . Before the door , fix'd in an awe profound , 200 I ftood , and gaz'd with pleasing wonder round , When one approach'd who bore much fober grace , 205 Order and ceremony in his face ; A threatening ...
... noble to be well defcrib'd or prais'd . Before the door , fix'd in an awe profound , 200 I ftood , and gaz'd with pleasing wonder round , When one approach'd who bore much fober grace , 205 Order and ceremony in his face ; A threatening ...
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... noble vows of chivalry ; " Which here their heroes with religion make , 215 " When they the enfigns of this order take . " Then in due method made me understand What honour fam'd St. George had done our land ; What toils he vanquish'd ...
... noble vows of chivalry ; " Which here their heroes with religion make , 215 " When they the enfigns of this order take . " Then in due method made me understand What honour fam'd St. George had done our land ; What toils he vanquish'd ...
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... noble ftem , who there bears fway , And , like his loyalty , without decay . 280 This goodly ancient frame looks as it stood The mother pile , and all the rest her brood . So careful watch feems piously to keep , While underneath her ...
... noble ftem , who there bears fway , And , like his loyalty , without decay . 280 This goodly ancient frame looks as it stood The mother pile , and all the rest her brood . So careful watch feems piously to keep , While underneath her ...
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... in full purity of health and mind Kept up the noble virtues of their kind . * Where St. George's Feaft is kept . + Edw . III .. The Black Prince . 370 Had not falfe fenates to those ills difpos'd Which long 6 Had 16 POEMS . OTWAY'S.
... in full purity of health and mind Kept up the noble virtues of their kind . * Where St. George's Feaft is kept . + Edw . III .. The Black Prince . 370 Had not falfe fenates to those ills difpos'd Which long 6 Had 16 POEMS . OTWAY'S.
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