The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... natural force . ' Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too , that fits not sure . THE har ... Nature mount , and let The coachman Art be fet ; And let the airy footmen , running all befide , Make a long row of ...
... natural force . ' Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too , that fits not sure . THE har ... Nature mount , and let The coachman Art be fet ; And let the airy footmen , running all befide , Make a long row of ...
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... Nature , thy proportions be , As full of concord their variety , As firm the parts upon their centre reft , And all fo folid are , that they , at least As much as Nature , emptiness deteft . Long did the mighty Stagyrite retain The ...
... Nature , thy proportions be , As full of concord their variety , As firm the parts upon their centre reft , And all fo folid are , that they , at least As much as Nature , emptiness deteft . Long did the mighty Stagyrite retain The ...
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... natural heat , but not the fever too ! So contraries on tna's top confpire ; Here hoary frofts , and by them breaks ... Nature and Causes , we shall fee That thus it needs must be- To things immortal , Time can do no wrong , And that ...
... natural heat , but not the fever too ! So contraries on tna's top confpire ; Here hoary frofts , and by them breaks ... Nature and Causes , we shall fee That thus it needs must be- To things immortal , Time can do no wrong , And that ...
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... Nature was improv'd by Grace ; Till men above themselves Faith raifed more Than Reason above beafts before . Virtue was thy life's centre , and from thence Did filently and conftantly difpenfe The gentle , vigorous influence To all the ...
... Nature was improv'd by Grace ; Till men above themselves Faith raifed more Than Reason above beafts before . Virtue was thy life's centre , and from thence Did filently and conftantly difpenfe The gentle , vigorous influence To all the ...
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... Nature or Ill - custom's glass And ' tis no wonder , fo , If with dejected eye In standing pools we seek the sky , That stars , fo high above , should seem to us below . Can we stand by and fee Our mother robb'd , and bound , and ravish ...
... Nature or Ill - custom's glass And ' tis no wonder , fo , If with dejected eye In standing pools we seek the sky , That stars , fo high above , should seem to us below . Can we stand by and fee Our mother robb'd , and bound , and ravish ...
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