The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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... Fate is done , So any farther fad description fhun . Shew him not pale and breathlefs on his bed , ' Twould make all gazers on thy art fall dead ; And thou thyfelf to fuch a scene of woe Add a new piece , and thy own ftatue grow . Wipe ...
... Fate is done , So any farther fad description fhun . Shew him not pale and breathlefs on his bed , ' Twould make all gazers on thy art fall dead ; And thou thyfelf to fuch a scene of woe Add a new piece , and thy own ftatue grow . Wipe ...
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... fate : I laid my cheek to his , when with a gale Of fighs he eas'd his breast , and thus began his tale : III . I am a wretch of honeft race ; My parents not obscure , nor high in titles were , They left me heir to no difgrace . My ...
... fate : I laid my cheek to his , when with a gale Of fighs he eas'd his breast , and thus began his tale : III . I am a wretch of honeft race ; My parents not obscure , nor high in titles were , They left me heir to no difgrace . My ...
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... pleas'd the noblest minds , And been approv'd by judgments of the best . But in this most transporting height , Whence I look'd down , and laught at fate , All All of a fudden I was alter'd grown ; I THE POET'S COMPLAINT . 32.
... pleas'd the noblest minds , And been approv'd by judgments of the best . But in this most transporting height , Whence I look'd down , and laught at fate , All All of a fudden I was alter'd grown ; I THE POET'S COMPLAINT . 32.
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... fate they had foretold . That dire commiffion ended , down there came Another angel with a fword of flame : Defolation foon he made , And our new Sodom low in afhes laid .. Diftractions and diftrufts then did amongst us rise , When , in ...
... fate they had foretold . That dire commiffion ended , down there came Another angel with a fword of flame : Defolation foon he made , And our new Sodom low in afhes laid .. Diftractions and diftrufts then did amongst us rise , When , in ...
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... fate To lay a finful kingdom waste : So through it all he rang'd , devouring as he paft , And each day with a virgin broke his fast : } Till wretched matrons curft their womb , So hardly was their lofs endur'd : The lovers all defpair'd ...
... fate To lay a finful kingdom waste : So through it all he rang'd , devouring as he paft , And each day with a virgin broke his fast : } Till wretched matrons curft their womb , So hardly was their lofs endur'd : The lovers all defpair'd ...
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