The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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Page 55
... lines the pale divinity shall raise , Such is the power of found , and force of lays . 165 170 175 " Arms meet with arms , fauchions with fauchions " clash , " And fparks of fire ftruck out from armour flash . 189 " Thick clouds of duft ...
... lines the pale divinity shall raise , Such is the power of found , and force of lays . 165 170 175 " Arms meet with arms , fauchions with fauchions " clash , " And fparks of fire ftruck out from armour flash . 189 " Thick clouds of duft ...
Page 56
... lines addrefs My awful feat , and trouble my recefs ? In Effex marthy hundreds is a cell , Where lazy fogs and drizzling vapours dwell : Thither raw damps on drooping wings repair , And fhivering quartens fhake the fickly air . There ...
... lines addrefs My awful feat , and trouble my recefs ? In Effex marthy hundreds is a cell , Where lazy fogs and drizzling vapours dwell : Thither raw damps on drooping wings repair , And fhivering quartens fhake the fickly air . There ...
Page 65
... lines , but like ill paintings , are allow'd , To fet off , and to recommend the good . So diamonds take a luftre from their foil ; And to a Bentley ' tis , we owe a Boyle . F. 50 55 60 70 75 Confider Confider well the talent you ...
... lines , but like ill paintings , are allow'd , To fet off , and to recommend the good . So diamonds take a luftre from their foil ; And to a Bentley ' tis , we owe a Boyle . F. 50 55 60 70 75 Confider Confider well the talent you ...
Page 98
... lines than would even Alpin's readers tire . This fect in facred veneration held Opinions , by the Samian Sage reveal'd ; That matter no annihilation knows , But wanders from these tenements to thofe ; For when the plastic particles are ...
... lines than would even Alpin's readers tire . This fect in facred veneration held Opinions , by the Samian Sage reveal'd ; That matter no annihilation knows , But wanders from these tenements to thofe ; For when the plastic particles are ...
Page 104
... lines thefe few Epiftles tell What fate attends the Nymph that likes too well : How faintly the fuccessful lovers burn ; And their neglected charms how ladies mourn . The Fair you ' ll find , when foft intreaties fail , Affert their ...
... lines thefe few Epiftles tell What fate attends the Nymph that likes too well : How faintly the fuccessful lovers burn ; And their neglected charms how ladies mourn . The Fair you ' ll find , when foft intreaties fail , Affert their ...
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