The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... Thou stop'ft this current , and doft make This running river fettle like a lake e ; Thy certain hand holds fast this flippery fnake ! The fruit which does fo quickly wafte , Men scarce can fee it , much less tafte , Thou comfiteft in ...
... Thou stop'ft this current , and doft make This running river fettle like a lake e ; Thy certain hand holds fast this flippery fnake ! The fruit which does fo quickly wafte , Men scarce can fee it , much less tafte , Thou comfiteft in ...
Page 28
... thou doft show Agree intirely with his own or no . This I dare boldly tell , ' Tis fo like truth , ' twill ferve our turn as well . Juft , as in Nature , thy proportions be , As full of concord their variety , As firm the parts upon ...
... thou doft show Agree intirely with his own or no . This I dare boldly tell , ' Tis fo like truth , ' twill ferve our turn as well . Juft , as in Nature , thy proportions be , As full of concord their variety , As firm the parts upon ...
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... to thee , and only fit For the poor wretched fisher - boats of wit : Thy nobler veffel the vaft ocean tries , And nothing fees but feas and skies , Ex Till unknown regions it deferies , Thou great Columbus Till TO MR . 29 HOBBES .
... to thee , and only fit For the poor wretched fisher - boats of wit : Thy nobler veffel the vaft ocean tries , And nothing fees but feas and skies , Ex Till unknown regions it deferies , Thou great Columbus Till TO MR . 29 HOBBES .
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... Thou great Columbus of the golden lands of new phi- lofophies ! Thy task was harder much than his ; For thy learn'd ... thou hast been , And And all that Youth can be , thou ' rt # 50 COWLEY'S POEM S.
... Thou great Columbus of the golden lands of new phi- lofophies ! Thy task was harder much than his ; For thy learn'd ... thou hast been , And And all that Youth can be , thou ' rt # 50 COWLEY'S POEM S.
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... thou ' rt yet ! So fully ftill doft thou Enjoy the manhood and the bloom of Wit , And all the natural heat , but not the fever too ! So contraries on tna's top confpire ; Here hoary frofts , and by them breaks - out fire ! A fecure ...
... thou ' rt yet ! So fully ftill doft thou Enjoy the manhood and the bloom of Wit , And all the natural heat , but not the fever too ! So contraries on tna's top confpire ; Here hoary frofts , and by them breaks - out fire ! A fecure ...
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