The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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Page 45
... The foft clouds melted him a way ; The fnow and frosts which in it lay Awhile the facred footsteps bore ; The wheels and horfes ' hoofs hizz'd as they past them o'er ! He He past by th ' moon and planets , and THE 45 . EXTASY .
... The foft clouds melted him a way ; The fnow and frosts which in it lay Awhile the facred footsteps bore ; The wheels and horfes ' hoofs hizz'd as they past them o'er ! He He past by th ' moon and planets , and THE 45 . EXTASY .
Page 49
... business walk From place to place , And mighty voyages we take , And mighty journeys feem to make , O'er fea and land , the little point that has no space : VOL . II . E Becaufe Because we fight , and battles gain ; Some captives [ 49 ]
... business walk From place to place , And mighty voyages we take , And mighty journeys feem to make , O'er fea and land , the little point that has no space : VOL . II . E Becaufe Because we fight , and battles gain ; Some captives [ 49 ]
Page 62
... O'er the defaced corpfe , like monuments , lay ; The houses and strong - body'd trees it broke , Nor afk'd aid from the thunder's ftroke ; The thunder but for terror through it flew , The hail alone the work could do . The difmal ...
... O'er the defaced corpfe , like monuments , lay ; The houses and strong - body'd trees it broke , Nor afk'd aid from the thunder's ftroke ; The thunder but for terror through it flew , The hail alone the work could do . The difmal ...
Page 63
... o'er the fea and earth , To brood up a new Chaos's deformed birth . And every lamp , and every fire , Did at the dreadful fight wink and expire , To th ' Empyrean fource all streams of light feem'd to retire . The The living men were in ...
... o'er the fea and earth , To brood up a new Chaos's deformed birth . And every lamp , and every fire , Did at the dreadful fight wink and expire , To th ' Empyrean fource all streams of light feem'd to retire . The The living men were in ...
Page 65
... o'er his fhining form a well - cut cloud he threw , Made of the blackeft fleece of Night , And clofe - wrought to keep in the powerful light , Yet wrought so fine it hinder'd not his flight ; But through the key - holes and the chinks ...
... o'er his fhining form a well - cut cloud he threw , Made of the blackeft fleece of Night , And clofe - wrought to keep in the powerful light , Yet wrought so fine it hinder'd not his flight ; But through the key - holes and the chinks ...
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