The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... first by thee , And rudely left to future induftry ; But thy eloquence and thy wit , Has planted , peopled , built , and civiliz'd , it . I little thought before ( Nor , being my own felf fo poor , Could comprehend so vast a store ) ...
... first by thee , And rudely left to future induftry ; But thy eloquence and thy wit , Has planted , peopled , built , and civiliz'd , it . I little thought before ( Nor , being my own felf fo poor , Could comprehend so vast a store ) ...
Page 40
... first fam'd aphorifm thy great master spoke , Did he live now he would revoke , And better things of man report ; For thou doft make Life long , and Art but short . Ah , learned friend ! it grieves me , when I think That thou with all ...
... first fam'd aphorifm thy great master spoke , Did he live now he would revoke , And better things of man report ; For thou doft make Life long , and Art but short . Ah , learned friend ! it grieves me , when I think That thou with all ...
Page 56
... rods away , And ferpents in their place the airy jugglers lay . Serpents in Egypt's monftrous land Were ready ftill at hand , And all at the Old Serpent's first command . And And they too gap'd , and they too hifs'd , 56 COWLEY'S POEMS .
... rods away , And ferpents in their place the airy jugglers lay . Serpents in Egypt's monftrous land Were ready ftill at hand , And all at the Old Serpent's first command . And And they too gap'd , and they too hifs'd , 56 COWLEY'S POEMS .
Page 61
... first in an imperfect found : Till Mofes , lifting up his hand ,. Waves the expected signal of his wand ; And all the full - charg'd clouds in ranged fquadrons move , And fill the fpacious plains above ; Through which the rolling ...
... first in an imperfect found : Till Mofes , lifting up his hand ,. Waves the expected signal of his wand ; And all the full - charg'd clouds in ranged fquadrons move , And fill the fpacious plains above ; Through which the rolling ...
Page 64
... first light fkirmishes ; The shock and bloody battle now begins , The plenteous harvest of full - ripen'à fins . It was the time when the still moon Was mounted foftly to her noon , And dewy Sleep , which from Night's secret springs ...
... first light fkirmishes ; The shock and bloody battle now begins , The plenteous harvest of full - ripen'à fins . It was the time when the still moon Was mounted foftly to her noon , And dewy Sleep , which from Night's secret springs ...
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