The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Page 64
... bears To mount her fifty flights of ample stairs . Her mien , her fhape , her temper , eyes , and tongue , Are fure to conquer for the rogue is young : And all that ' s madly wild , or oddly gay , We call it only pretty Fanny's way ...
... bears To mount her fifty flights of ample stairs . Her mien , her fhape , her temper , eyes , and tongue , Are fure to conquer for the rogue is young : And all that ' s madly wild , or oddly gay , We call it only pretty Fanny's way ...
Page 76
... bear a name , The chiffel's flender help to fame ( Which ere our fet of friends decay Their frequent fteps may wear away ) ;, A middle race of mortals own , Men , half ambitious , all unknown . The marble tombs that rife on high , Whofe ...
... bear a name , The chiffel's flender help to fame ( Which ere our fet of friends decay Their frequent fteps may wear away ) ;, A middle race of mortals own , Men , half ambitious , all unknown . The marble tombs that rife on high , Whofe ...
Page 105
... bears the thought inspir'd with heat along , And with fair images improves a fong ; Through facred anthems , fo may fancy range , So ftill from beauty , ftill to beauty change , To To feel delights in all the radiant way , And THE GIFT ...
... bears the thought inspir'd with heat along , And with fair images improves a fong ; Through facred anthems , fo may fancy range , So ftill from beauty , ftill to beauty change , To To feel delights in all the radiant way , And THE GIFT ...
Page 116
... Bear down the groves , and overflow the plain , So fwift and strong thy wondrous might appears , So life is carried down the rolling years . As heavy fleep purfues the day's retreat , With dark , with filent , and unactive state , So ...
... Bear down the groves , and overflow the plain , So fwift and strong thy wondrous might appears , So life is carried down the rolling years . As heavy fleep purfues the day's retreat , With dark , with filent , and unactive state , So ...
Page 124
... bears them on her plumes above , To give peculiar proof of royal love ; " Twas fo the Lord , the gracious Lord alone , With kindness moft peculiar , led his own ; As no ftrange God concurr'd to make him free , So none had power to lead ...
... bears them on her plumes above , To give peculiar proof of royal love ; " Twas fo the Lord , the gracious Lord alone , With kindness moft peculiar , led his own ; As no ftrange God concurr'd to make him free , So none had power to lead ...
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æther ANTISTROPHE arife aſk beauty beneath bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom breaft breath bright charms chearful cloſe defcend defire divine eaſe eyes facred fafe fair falute fame fancy fate fear feat feek feem feen fhade fhall fhepherds fhine fhow fide fight filent filver fing fix'd fkies flain flame fleep flies flowers foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpring Frogs ftand ftill ftream fuch fung fweet glory grace grove heart Ifrael king laſt lefs Lord lov'd Meaſures mind mufic night numbers Nymphs o'er paffion Pelops plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe prefence purſue rage rais'd raiſe realms reft rife rofe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand Twas verfe voice whofe whoſe winds wondrous