The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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Abraham Cowley Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres). The Plague itself , that proud imperial ill , Which destroys towns , and does whole armies kill , If thou but fuccour the befieged heart , Calls all its poifons forth , and does ...
Abraham Cowley Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres). The Plague itself , that proud imperial ill , Which destroys towns , and does whole armies kill , If thou but fuccour the befieged heart , Calls all its poifons forth , and does ...
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... itself is angry next ; . ( Woe to man , when Heaven is vext ! ) With fullen brow it frown'd , And murmur'd first in an imperfect found : Till Mofes , lifting up his hand ,. Waves the expected signal of his wand ; And all the full ...
... itself is angry next ; . ( Woe to man , when Heaven is vext ! ) With fullen brow it frown'd , And murmur'd first in an imperfect found : Till Mofes , lifting up his hand ,. Waves the expected signal of his wand ; And all the full ...
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... itself , had kindled been . The infant corn , which yet did scarce appear , Escap'd this general massacre Of every thing that grew , And the well - ftor'd Egyptian year Began to cloathe her fields and trees anew . [ blew , When lo ! a ...
... itself , had kindled been . The infant corn , which yet did scarce appear , Escap'd this general massacre Of every thing that grew , And the well - ftor'd Egyptian year Began to cloathe her fields and trees anew . [ blew , When lo ! a ...
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... sky ; Above the well - fet orbs ' foft harmony ; Above thofe petty lamps that gild the night ; There is a place o'erflown with hallow'd light ; 345 350 Where Where heaven , as if it left itself behind , $ 2 COWLEY'S POEMS .
... sky ; Above the well - fet orbs ' foft harmony ; Above thofe petty lamps that gild the night ; There is a place o'erflown with hallow'd light ; 345 350 Where Where heaven , as if it left itself behind , $ 2 COWLEY'S POEMS .
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... itself behind , 355 Is ftretch'd - out far , nor its own bounds can find : Here peaceful flames fwell up the facred place , Nor can the glory contain itself in th ' endless space ; For there no twilight of the fun's dull ray Glimmers ...
... itself behind , 355 Is ftretch'd - out far , nor its own bounds can find : Here peaceful flames fwell up the facred place , Nor can the glory contain itself in th ' endless space ; For there no twilight of the fun's dull ray Glimmers ...
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