The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 5J. Moore, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Muse , thou choose ? Whofe praises fing ? What charmer's name Tranfmit immortal down to Fame ? Strike , ftrike thy ftrings , let Echo take the found , And bear it far , to all the mountains round ; VOL . V. * Alexander and Cæfar ...
... Muse , thou choose ? Whofe praises fing ? What charmer's name Tranfmit immortal down to Fame ? Strike , ftrike thy ftrings , let Echo take the found , And bear it far , to all the mountains round ; VOL . V. * Alexander and Cæfar ...
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... Muse Flies other objects , this bright theme to choose . Queen of our hearts , and charmer of our fight , A monarch's pride , his glory and delight , Princess ador'd and lov'd ! If verse can give A deathless name , thine fhall for ever ...
... Muse Flies other objects , this bright theme to choose . Queen of our hearts , and charmer of our fight , A monarch's pride , his glory and delight , Princess ador'd and lov'd ! If verse can give A deathless name , thine fhall for ever ...
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... muse , The nobleft feeds of foreign wit to choose ; Feafting our fenfe fo many various ways , Say , is ' t thy bounty , or thy thirst of praise ? That by comparing others all might fee , Who most excell'd , are yet excell'd by thee ...
... muse , The nobleft feeds of foreign wit to choose ; Feafting our fenfe fo many various ways , Say , is ' t thy bounty , or thy thirst of praise ? That by comparing others all might fee , Who most excell'd , are yet excell'd by thee ...
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... MUSE'S LAST DYING SONG . A MUSE expiring , who , with earliest voice , Made kings and queens , and beauty's charms her choice ; Now on her death - bed , this laft homage pays , O Queen ! to thee : accept her dying lays . So , at th ...
... MUSE'S LAST DYING SONG . A MUSE expiring , who , with earliest voice , Made kings and queens , and beauty's charms her choice ; Now on her death - bed , this laft homage pays , O Queen ! to thee : accept her dying lays . So , at th ...
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... Muse must always flutter , like a bird with the wings cut , incapable of a lofty flight . The dialogue of their tragedies is under the fame conftraint as the construction ; not a discourse , but an oration ; not fpeaking , but ...
... Muse must always flutter , like a bird with the wings cut , incapable of a lofty flight . The dialogue of their tragedies is under the fame conftraint as the construction ; not a discourse , but an oration ; not fpeaking , but ...
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