The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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Page 22
... lord's great doom is feal'd , And cannot ( though she asks it ) be repeal'd . By this time think the work of Fate is done , So any farther fad description fhun . Shew him not pale and breathlefs on his bed , ' Twould make all gazers on ...
... lord's great doom is feal'd , And cannot ( though she asks it ) be repeal'd . By this time think the work of Fate is done , So any farther fad description fhun . Shew him not pale and breathlefs on his bed , ' Twould make all gazers on ...
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... LORD , THOUGH ' HOUGH never any man had more need of excufe for a prefumption of this nature than I have now ; yet , when I have laid out every way to find one , your lordship's goodness must be my best refuge and there- fore I humbly ...
... LORD , THOUGH ' HOUGH never any man had more need of excufe for a prefumption of this nature than I have now ; yet , when I have laid out every way to find one , your lordship's goodness must be my best refuge and there- fore I humbly ...
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... Lord , Your moft humble admirer and fervant , THOMAS OTWAY . T O D E. a high hill where never yet ftood tree , Where only heath , coarse fern , and furzes grow , Where ( nipt by piercing air ) ` The flocks in tatter'd fleeces hardly ...
... Lord , Your moft humble admirer and fervant , THOMAS OTWAY . T O D E. a high hill where never yet ftood tree , Where only heath , coarse fern , and furzes grow , Where ( nipt by piercing air ) ` The flocks in tatter'd fleeces hardly ...
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... Lord Lampoon and Monfieur Song , Who fought her love , and promis'd for't To make her famous at the court . The City Poet too was there , In a black fatin cap and his own hair , And begg'd that he might have the honour To beget a ...
... Lord Lampoon and Monfieur Song , Who fought her love , and promis'd for't To make her famous at the court . The City Poet too was there , In a black fatin cap and his own hair , And begg'd that he might have the honour To beget a ...
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... lord . The nofe was ugly , long , and big , Broad , and fnouty like a pig ; Which fhew'd he would in dunghills love to dig ; Lov'd to cast stinking fatires up in ill - pil'd rhymes , And live by the corruptions of unhappy times . XIII ...
... lord . The nofe was ugly , long , and big , Broad , and fnouty like a pig ; Which fhew'd he would in dunghills love to dig ; Lov'd to cast stinking fatires up in ill - pil'd rhymes , And live by the corruptions of unhappy times . XIII ...
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