The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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Page 41
... happy be T ' enjoy at once their health and thee : Some hours , at least , to thine own pleasures fpare : Since the whole stock may soon exhausted be , Bestow ' t not all in charity . Let Nature and let Art do what they please , When ...
... happy be T ' enjoy at once their health and thee : Some hours , at least , to thine own pleasures fpare : Since the whole stock may soon exhausted be , Bestow ' t not all in charity . Let Nature and let Art do what they please , When ...
Page 42
... happy and most dear ! Oh Life ! that epicures envy to hear ! ) Lives in the dropping ruins of his amphitheatre . His father - in - law an higher place does claim In the feraphic entity of fame ; He , fince that toy his death , Does fill ...
... happy and most dear ! Oh Life ! that epicures envy to hear ! ) Lives in the dropping ruins of his amphitheatre . His father - in - law an higher place does claim In the feraphic entity of fame ; He , fince that toy his death , Does fill ...
Page 79
... Happy , thrice happy , had I there been dead , 260 " Ere 270 " Ere my full loins discharg'd this numerous race DAVIDE I S. Book I. 79.
... Happy , thrice happy , had I there been dead , 260 " Ere 270 " Ere my full loins discharg'd this numerous race DAVIDE I S. Book I. 79.
Page 89
... Happy was now the error of the blow ; . At Gilboa it will not ferve him .fo . 530 535 One would have thought , Saul's fudden rage t ' have feen , He had himself by David wounded been : He fcorn'd to leave what he did ill begin , And ...
... Happy was now the error of the blow ; . At Gilboa it will not ferve him .fo . 530 535 One would have thought , Saul's fudden rage t ' have feen , He had himself by David wounded been : He fcorn'd to leave what he did ill begin , And ...
Page 119
... happy Egypt's coast They seem all met ; a vaft and warlike hoft ! Thither haftes David , to his deftin'd prey , Honour and noble danger lead the way ; 470 475 480 The confcious trees fhook with a reverent fear Their unblown 14 The ...
... happy Egypt's coast They seem all met ; a vaft and warlike hoft ! Thither haftes David , to his deftin'd prey , Honour and noble danger lead the way ; 470 475 480 The confcious trees fhook with a reverent fear Their unblown 14 The ...
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