The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 5J. Moore, 1800 - English poetry |
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... immortal name , By wit , or valour , led to equal fame , They mingle with the Gods who breath'd the noble flame . Το ej ; ΤΟ MYRA . LOVING AT FIRST SIGHT . 4 LANSDOWNE'S POEMS . To the King in the first year of his majesty's reign,
... immortal name , By wit , or valour , led to equal fame , They mingle with the Gods who breath'd the noble flame . Το ej ; ΤΟ MYRA . LOVING AT FIRST SIGHT . 4 LANSDOWNE'S POEMS . To the King in the first year of his majesty's reign,
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... breath , Meets deftiny half way , nor fhrinks at death . Ye fovereign Lords , who fit like Gods in ftate , Awing the world , and bustling to be great ; Lords but in title , vaflals in effect , Whom luft controuls , and wild - defires ...
... breath , Meets deftiny half way , nor fhrinks at death . Ye fovereign Lords , who fit like Gods in ftate , Awing the world , and bustling to be great ; Lords but in title , vaflals in effect , Whom luft controuls , and wild - defires ...
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... timorous tongue the trembling accents die . Alas ! a thoufand thousand fears Still overawe when the appears ! My breath is spent in fighs , my eyes are drown'd in tears . TO TO MRS . AFRA BEHN , TW WO warrior chiefs 30 POEMS . LANSDOWNE'S.
... timorous tongue the trembling accents die . Alas ! a thoufand thousand fears Still overawe when the appears ! My breath is spent in fighs , my eyes are drown'd in tears . TO TO MRS . AFRA BEHN , TW WO warrior chiefs 30 POEMS . LANSDOWNE'S.
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... breath , Now proff'ring mercy , now prefenting death . Thus hoping , thus defpairing , never fure , How various are the torments I endure ! Cruel eftate of Doubt ! Ah , Myra , try Once to refolve - or let me live , or die . Broken faith ...
... breath , Now proff'ring mercy , now prefenting death . Thus hoping , thus defpairing , never fure , How various are the torments I endure ! Cruel eftate of Doubt ! Ah , Myra , try Once to refolve - or let me live , or die . Broken faith ...
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... breath . " The noify Culverin o'ercharg'd , lets fly , And burst unaiming in the rended sky : Such frantic flights are like a madman's dream , And nature fuffers in the wild extreme . The captive Cannibal weigh'd down with chains , Yet ...
... breath . " The noify Culverin o'ercharg'd , lets fly , And burst unaiming in the rended sky : Such frantic flights are like a madman's dream , And nature fuffers in the wild extreme . The captive Cannibal weigh'd down with chains , Yet ...
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