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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... head is always crown'd with victory , Snatch'd from Bellona's hand ; him luxury In peace debilitates : whofe tongue can win Tully's ' s own garland , pride to him creeps in . On whom ( like Atlas ' fhoulders ) the propt state ( As he ...
... head is always crown'd with victory , Snatch'd from Bellona's hand ; him luxury In peace debilitates : whofe tongue can win Tully's ' s own garland , pride to him creeps in . On whom ( like Atlas ' fhoulders ) the propt state ( As he ...
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... head , was nothing without his . Wrong to those sacred afhes I should do , Should I compare any to him but you ; You ... head must wear , We perish , if the Round - heads be about ; No bays , no mitre , not fo much as hair . How can a ...
... head , was nothing without his . Wrong to those sacred afhes I should do , Should I compare any to him but you ; You ... head must wear , We perish , if the Round - heads be about ; No bays , no mitre , not fo much as hair . How can a ...
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... heads , like Leda's offspring , rear'd ; When those fea - calming fons from Jove were fpied , The winds all fled , the ... head , And at his feet lay innocently dead ; They knew not what thole men that fent them meant , And acted their ...
... heads , like Leda's offspring , rear'd ; When those fea - calming fons from Jove were fpied , The winds all fled , the ... head , And at his feet lay innocently dead ; They knew not what thole men that fent them meant , And acted their ...
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... head that fall ; Or when the drops that make the fea , Whilft all her fands thy counters be ; Thou then , and thou alone , may'st prove Th ' arithmetician of my love . An hundred loves at Athens fcore , At Corinth write an hundred more ...
... head that fall ; Or when the drops that make the fea , Whilft all her fands thy counters be ; Thou then , and thou alone , may'st prove Th ' arithmetician of my love . An hundred loves at Athens fcore , At Corinth write an hundred more ...
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... head with bleffings from the tree ! His gracious hands , ne'er ftretch'd but to do good , Are nail'd to the infamous wood ! And finful man does fondly bind The arms which he extends t ' embrace all human- kind . Unhappy man ! canft thou ...
... head with bleffings from the tree ! His gracious hands , ne'er ftretch'd but to do good , Are nail'd to the infamous wood ! And finful man does fondly bind The arms which he extends t ' embrace all human- kind . Unhappy man ! canft thou ...
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