The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... noble prize away , Whilst other youths yet at the barriers stay ! None but Alcides e'er fet carlier forth than he : The God , his father's , blood nought could restrain , ' Twas ripe at firft , and did disdain The flow advance of dull ...
... noble prize away , Whilst other youths yet at the barriers stay ! None but Alcides e'er fet carlier forth than he : The God , his father's , blood nought could restrain , ' Twas ripe at firft , and did disdain The flow advance of dull ...
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... d by a wild deluge from the East , His monarchy new planted in the West . But , as in time each great imperial race Degenerates , and gives fome new one place : So So did this noble empire waste , Sunk by degrees COWLEY'S POEMS .
... d by a wild deluge from the East , His monarchy new planted in the West . But , as in time each great imperial race Degenerates , and gives fome new one place : So So did this noble empire waste , Sunk by degrees COWLEY'S POEMS .
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Abraham Cowley Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres). So did this noble empire waste , Sunk by degrees from glories paft , And in the school - men's hands it perifh'd quite at laft : Then nought but words it grew , And thofe all ...
Abraham Cowley Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres). So did this noble empire waste , Sunk by degrees from glories paft , And in the school - men's hands it perifh'd quite at laft : Then nought but words it grew , And thofe all ...
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... combat by ' t . Nor can the fnow , which now cold Age does fhed Upon thy reverend head , Quench or allay the noble fires within ; But all which thou hast been , And And all that Youth can be , thou ' rt # 50 COWLEY'S POEM S.
... combat by ' t . Nor can the fnow , which now cold Age does fhed Upon thy reverend head , Quench or allay the noble fires within ; But all which thou hast been , And And all that Youth can be , thou ' rt # 50 COWLEY'S POEM S.
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... noble Brutus ! and restrain The bold voice of thy generous disdain : Thefe mighty gulphs are yet Too deep for all thy judgment and thy wit . The time ' s fet forth already which shall quell Stiff Reason , when it offers to rebel ; Which ...
... noble Brutus ! and restrain The bold voice of thy generous disdain : Thefe mighty gulphs are yet Too deep for all thy judgment and thy wit . The time ' s fet forth already which shall quell Stiff Reason , when it offers to rebel ; Which ...
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