English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... ev'ry station , To serve the king , and please the nation . Though hard to find in ev'ry case The fittest man to fill a place : His promises he ne'er forgot , But took memorials on the spot : His enemies , for want of charity , Said ...
... ev'ry station , To serve the king , and please the nation . Though hard to find in ev'ry case The fittest man to fill a place : His promises he ne'er forgot , But took memorials on the spot : His enemies , for want of charity , Said ...
Page 568
... ev'ry glance on humankind ; How just that scorn ere yet thy voice declare , Search ev'ry state , and canvass ev'ry pray'r . Unnumber'd suppliants crowd Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune ...
... ev'ry glance on humankind ; How just that scorn ere yet thy voice declare , Search ev'ry state , and canvass ev'ry pray'r . Unnumber'd suppliants crowd Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune ...
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... ev'ry youth like royal Abbas mov'd , And ev'ry Georgian maid like Abra lov'd ! The royal lover bore her from the plain ; Yet still her crook and bleating flock remain : Oft , as she went , she backward turn'd her view , And bade that ...
... ev'ry youth like royal Abbas mov'd , And ev'ry Georgian maid like Abra lov'd ! The royal lover bore her from the plain ; Yet still her crook and bleating flock remain : Oft , as she went , she backward turn'd her view , And bade that ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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