The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Page 108
... seems to raise A queftioning belief , is fond to praise ; Be thus the rapture in the prophet's breast , Be thus the thanks for freedom gain'd exprefs'd :. I'll fing to God , I'll fing the fongs of praise , To God , triumphant in his ...
... seems to raise A queftioning belief , is fond to praise ; Be thus the rapture in the prophet's breast , Be thus the thanks for freedom gain'd exprefs'd :. I'll fing to God , I'll fing the fongs of praise , To God , triumphant in his ...
Page 115
... seem to change ; A moon decreasing runs the filent sky , And fickly birds on moulting feathers fly ; Men walking count their days of bleffing o'er , The bleffings vanish , and the tale ' s no more , Still hours of nightly watches steal ...
... seem to change ; A moon decreasing runs the filent sky , And fickly birds on moulting feathers fly ; Men walking count their days of bleffing o'er , The bleffings vanish , and the tale ' s no more , Still hours of nightly watches steal ...
Page 136
... the work is o'er , And fancy clear'd of vifion as before . Thus ( if the mind of man may seem to move With fome refemblance of the fkies above ) When When wars are gathering in our hearts below , We 136 PARNELL'S POEMS .
... the work is o'er , And fancy clear'd of vifion as before . Thus ( if the mind of man may seem to move With fome refemblance of the fkies above ) When When wars are gathering in our hearts below , We 136 PARNELL'S POEMS .
Page 137
... seem to march , and seem to fight , And feeming wounds of death delude the fight , The ruddy thunder - clouds look stain'd with gore , And for the din of war within they roar . Then flies afide , and then afide pursues , Till in their ...
... seem to march , and seem to fight , And feeming wounds of death delude the fight , The ruddy thunder - clouds look stain'd with gore , And for the din of war within they roar . Then flies afide , and then afide pursues , Till in their ...
Page 203
... seems the fweets , from all Arabia shed , Curl at her fide , and hover o'er her head . For her the king prepares a bed of state , Round the rich bed her guards in order wait , All myftic Ifrael's fons , ' tis there they quell The foes ...
... seems the fweets , from all Arabia shed , Curl at her fide , and hover o'er her head . For her the king prepares a bed of state , Round the rich bed her guards in order wait , All myftic Ifrael's fons , ' tis there they quell The foes ...
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