The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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... these , his faithful fervants place , With different lines of woe in every face ; 510 With downcaft heads , fwoln breasts , and streaming eyes , And fighs that mount in vain the unrelenting fkies . But yet there still remains a task ...
... these , his faithful fervants place , With different lines of woe in every face ; 510 With downcaft heads , fwoln breasts , and streaming eyes , And fighs that mount in vain the unrelenting fkies . But yet there still remains a task ...
Page 41
... these fofter - brethren was our monfter nurft . In little time the hell - bred brat Grew plump and fat , Without his leading - ftrings could walk , And ( as the forcerefs taught him ) talk . At feven years old he went to school , Where ...
... these fofter - brethren was our monfter nurft . In little time the hell - bred brat Grew plump and fat , Without his leading - ftrings could walk , And ( as the forcerefs taught him ) talk . At feven years old he went to school , Where ...
Page 88
... These fenfelefs finners in the council fate , In their unjuft deceitful balance laid , The great concerns of war and peace were weigh'd . This wife Lovifius knew , whofe mighty mind Had univerfal empire long defign'd ; And when he all ...
... These fenfelefs finners in the council fate , In their unjuft deceitful balance laid , The great concerns of war and peace were weigh'd . This wife Lovifius knew , whofe mighty mind Had univerfal empire long defign'd ; And when he all ...
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... These are the fmalleft gifts for thee defign'd . " Ah ! come , and leave the angry waves to roar , " And break themselves against the founding fhore . " How much more pleasant would thy flumbers be " In the retir'd and peaceful cave ...
... These are the fmalleft gifts for thee defign'd . " Ah ! come , and leave the angry waves to roar , " And break themselves against the founding fhore . " How much more pleasant would thy flumbers be " In the retir'd and peaceful cave ...
Page 102
... these ftill fhades and these sweet streams refuse ? " But if you fear that I , o'er - grown with hair , " Without a fire defy the winter air , " Know I have mighty ftores of wood , and know 66 Perpetual fires on my bright hearth do glow ...
... these ftill fhades and these sweet streams refuse ? " But if you fear that I , o'er - grown with hair , " Without a fire defy the winter air , " Know I have mighty ftores of wood , and know 66 Perpetual fires on my bright hearth do glow ...
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