The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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Page 27
... thing grow , With fruitful trees after their kind , and it was fo . The whistling winds blew fiercely round his head , Cold was his lodging , hard his bed ; Aloft his eyes on the wide heavens he caft , Where we are told Peace only ' s ...
... thing grow , With fruitful trees after their kind , and it was fo . The whistling winds blew fiercely round his head , Cold was his lodging , hard his bed ; Aloft his eyes on the wide heavens he caft , Where we are told Peace only ' s ...
Page 28
... thing now rare ) Loyal and brave , my mother chaste and fair : The pledge of marriage - vows was only I ; Alone I liv'd their much - lov'd fondled boy : They gave me generous education , high They ftrove to raise my mind , and with it ...
... thing now rare ) Loyal and brave , my mother chaste and fair : The pledge of marriage - vows was only I ; Alone I liv'd their much - lov'd fondled boy : They gave me generous education , high They ftrove to raise my mind , and with it ...
Page 37
... things wore the face of woe , When many horrors rag'd in this our land , And a destroying angel was fent down , To fcourge the pride of this rebellious town . He came , and o'er all Britain ftretch'd his conquering hand : Till in th ...
... things wore the face of woe , When many horrors rag'd in this our land , And a destroying angel was fent down , To fcourge the pride of this rebellious town . He came , and o'er all Britain ftretch'd his conquering hand : Till in th ...
Page 42
... things long bury'd find , A wretch's converfe much he did frequent : One who this world , as that did him , difown'd , And in an unfrequented corner , where Nothing was pleafant , hardly healthful found , He led his hated life . 65 ...
... things long bury'd find , A wretch's converfe much he did frequent : One who this world , as that did him , difown'd , And in an unfrequented corner , where Nothing was pleafant , hardly healthful found , He led his hated life . 65 ...
Page 43
... things but obedience to be beast ; To hide a coward's heart , and fhew a hardy face . He taught him to call government a clog , But to bear beatings like a dog : T ' have no religion , honefty , or sense , But to profefs them all for a ...
... things but obedience to be beast ; To hide a coward's heart , and fhew a hardy face . He taught him to call government a clog , But to bear beatings like a dog : T ' have no religion , honefty , or sense , But to profefs them all for a ...
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