The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 2J. Moore, 1793 - English poetry |
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... ftate , He faid ; " How shall I thank thee for this gain " O Cupid ! or reward my helping fate , " Which fweetens all my forrows , all my pain ? " What hufbandman would any pains refufe , " To reap at last such fruit , his labour's use ...
... ftate , He faid ; " How shall I thank thee for this gain " O Cupid ! or reward my helping fate , " Which fweetens all my forrows , all my pain ? " What hufbandman would any pains refufe , " To reap at last such fruit , his labour's use ...
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... ftate : Philetus , like bold Icarus , foaring high To honours , found the depth of mifery . For when Guifardo fees his rival there , Swelling with envious rage , he comes behind Philetus , who fuch fortune did not fear , And with his ...
... ftate : Philetus , like bold Icarus , foaring high To honours , found the depth of mifery . For when Guifardo fees his rival there , Swelling with envious rage , he comes behind Philetus , who fuch fortune did not fear , And with his ...
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... ftate appear , Whilft he his fecond mifery fuffers here ! Draw him no more ; left , as he tortur'd ftands , He blame great Jove's lefs than the painter's hands . It would the Vulture's cruelty outgo , If once again his liver thus fhould ...
... ftate appear , Whilft he his fecond mifery fuffers here ! Draw him no more ; left , as he tortur'd ftands , He blame great Jove's lefs than the painter's hands . It would the Vulture's cruelty outgo , If once again his liver thus fhould ...
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... ftate they pry , Like emp'rics to find out a malady ; And then with desperate holdness they endeavour , Th ' ague to cure by bringing - in a fever ; The way is fure to expel fome ill , no doubt ; The plague , we know , drives all ...
... ftate they pry , Like emp'rics to find out a malady ; And then with desperate holdness they endeavour , Th ' ague to cure by bringing - in a fever ; The way is fure to expel fome ill , no doubt ; The plague , we know , drives all ...
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... ftate and reverence looks , And dwells in buildings lafting as her books ; Both now eternal , but they'd afhes been , Had thefe religious Vandals once got in . Not Bodley's noble work their rage would spare , For books they know the ...
... ftate and reverence looks , And dwells in buildings lafting as her books ; Both now eternal , but they'd afhes been , Had thefe religious Vandals once got in . Not Bodley's noble work their rage would spare , For books they know the ...
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