The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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Page 32
... She cut my navel , wash'd me , and mine head With her own hands she fashioned ; She did a covenant with nie make , ; And circumcis'd my tender foul , and thus she spake : “ Thou " Thou of my church shalt be ; " Hate 3.2 COWLEY'S POEMS .
... She cut my navel , wash'd me , and mine head With her own hands she fashioned ; She did a covenant with nie make , ; And circumcis'd my tender foul , and thus she spake : “ Thou " Thou of my church shalt be ; " Hate 3.2 COWLEY'S POEMS .
Page 33
... She fpake , and all my years to come Took their unlucky doom . Their several ways of life let others chuse , Their several pleasures let them use , But I was born for Love , and for a Mufe . With Fate what boots it to contend . ? Such I ...
... She fpake , and all my years to come Took their unlucky doom . Their several ways of life let others chuse , Their several pleasures let them use , But I was born for Love , and for a Mufe . With Fate what boots it to contend . ? Such I ...
Page 70
... she was vanished . A defcription of hea- God's fpeech : he fends an Angel to David : the Angel's meffage to him . David fent for , to play before Saul . A digreffion concerning mufic . Da- vid's pfalm . Saul attempts to kill him . His ...
... she was vanished . A defcription of hea- God's fpeech : he fends an Angel to David : the Angel's meffage to him . David fent for , to play before Saul . A digreffion concerning mufic . Da- vid's pfalm . Saul attempts to kill him . His ...
Page 76
... she was drunk , fhe furious grew , And lafh'd herself : thus from th ' accurfed crew Envy , the worst of fiends , herself presents , Envy , good only when the ' herself torments . 160 " Spend not , great king ! thy precious rage ...
... she was drunk , fhe furious grew , And lafh'd herself : thus from th ' accurfed crew Envy , the worst of fiends , herself presents , Envy , good only when the ' herself torments . 160 " Spend not , great king ! thy precious rage ...
Page 78
... She spoke ; all star'd at first , and made a pause ; But ftrait the general murmur of applause 220 Ran through Death's courts ; the frown'd still , and begun To envy at the praife herfelf had won . Great Beelzebub starts from his ...
... She spoke ; all star'd at first , and made a pause ; But ftrait the general murmur of applause 220 Ran through Death's courts ; the frown'd still , and begun To envy at the praife herfelf had won . Great Beelzebub starts from his ...
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