The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... shine , Why then should Pope , ye bards , ye critics tell , Remain unfung , who fings himself so well ? Hear then , great bard , who can alike inspire With Waller's foftness , or with Milton's fire ; Whilft I , the meanest of the Muses ...
... shine , Why then should Pope , ye bards , ye critics tell , Remain unfung , who fings himself so well ? Hear then , great bard , who can alike inspire With Waller's foftness , or with Milton's fire ; Whilft I , the meanest of the Muses ...
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... shine through the Poem , which so visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preferve fome relish of the old way of writing ; the connection fhould be loofe , the narrations and defcriptions fhort * , and the ...
... shine through the Poem , which so visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preferve fome relish of the old way of writing ; the connection fhould be loofe , the narrations and defcriptions fhort * , and the ...
Page 39
... shine , And grateful clusters fwell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove ; Juft gods ! fhall all things yield returns but love ! Refound , ye hills , refound my mournful lay ! The shepherds cry , " Thy ...
... shine , And grateful clusters fwell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove ; Juft gods ! fhall all things yield returns but love ! Refound , ye hills , refound my mournful lay ! The shepherds cry , " Thy ...
Page 72
... shine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine , Let barbarous Ganges arm a fervile train ; Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign . 360 365 No more my fons fhall dye with British blood Red Iber's fands , or Ifter's foaming flood ...
... shine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine , Let barbarous Ganges arm a fervile train ; Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign . 360 365 No more my fons fhall dye with British blood Red Iber's fands , or Ifter's foaming flood ...
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... shine : Pureft love's unwafting treasure , Conftant faith , fair hope , long leisure ; Days of eafe , and nights of pleafure ; Sacred Hymen ! these are thine . ODE ON SOLITUDE . 4.0 Written when the Author was about Twelve Years old . H ...
... shine : Pureft love's unwafting treasure , Conftant faith , fair hope , long leisure ; Days of eafe , and nights of pleafure ; Sacred Hymen ! these are thine . ODE ON SOLITUDE . 4.0 Written when the Author was about Twelve Years old . H ...
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