The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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Page 60
... play , And roll in wanton liberty away . Perhaps hard by there grows a little bush , On which the linnet , nightingale , and thrush , Nightly their folemn orgies meeting keep , " And fing their vefpers ere they go to fleep There we two ...
... play , And roll in wanton liberty away . Perhaps hard by there grows a little bush , On which the linnet , nightingale , and thrush , Nightly their folemn orgies meeting keep , " And fing their vefpers ere they go to fleep There we two ...
Page 63
... play - thing made in hafte , the world ; But grant me quiet , liberty , and peace , By day what's needful , and at night soft ease ; The friend I truft in , and the fhe I love , Then fix me ; and if e'er I wish remove , Make me as great ...
... play - thing made in hafte , the world ; But grant me quiet , liberty , and peace , By day what's needful , and at night soft ease ; The friend I truft in , and the fhe I love , Then fix me ; and if e'er I wish remove , Make me as great ...
Page 71
... play the apoftolic function o'er : But heaven have mercy on us when it swore ! Whene'er it fwore , to prove the ... plays new tricks , And fills the heads of fools with politicks . This dæmon lately drew in many a guest , Το part with ...
... play the apoftolic function o'er : But heaven have mercy on us when it swore ! Whene'er it fwore , to prove the ... plays new tricks , And fills the heads of fools with politicks . This dæmon lately drew in many a guest , Το part with ...
Page 76
... plays , That starve out threescore years in hopes of bays ? ' Tis plain they ne'er were of the first creation , But came by meer equivocal generation : Like rats in fhips , without coition bred , As hated too as they are , and unfed ...
... plays , That starve out threescore years in hopes of bays ? ' Tis plain they ne'er were of the first creation , But came by meer equivocal generation : Like rats in fhips , without coition bred , As hated too as they are , and unfed ...
Page 78
... Play gently on your reeds a mournful strain , And tell in notes , through all th ' Arcadian plain , The royal Pan , the fhepherd of the sheep , He , who to leave his flock did dying weep , Is gone , ah gone ! ne'er to return from ...
... Play gently on your reeds a mournful strain , And tell in notes , through all th ' Arcadian plain , The royal Pan , the fhepherd of the sheep , He , who to leave his flock did dying weep , Is gone , ah gone ! ne'er to return from ...
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Acontius arms beauty beſt bleffings bleft breaſt Cæfar Cæfar's charms Cyclops Cydippe dæmon Daphnis defign defire delight dreft e'er eaſe Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fear feem'd fhall fhame fhew fhining fhore fighs fince firft firſt flain flave fmile foft fome fong fools foul ftill fuch fure fwain grace grave he lies hand heart heaven herſelf himſelf Hippolytus honour juſt kind king laft laſt laurels lefs lov'd Lucretius mighty mind moft MOPSUS moſt Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er noble nymph o'er OVID paſt peace pleaſe pleaſure Poet praiſe pride rage rais'd raiſe reft rife riſe royal ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtar ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtreams Tartuffe tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand triumph Twas twill verfe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wonder