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... pow'r the strong direction sends , 165 And sev'ral men impels to sev'ral ends : Like varying winds , by other passions tost , This drives them constant to a certain coast . Let pow'r or knowledge , gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more ...
... pow'r the strong direction sends , 165 And sev'ral men impels to sev'ral ends : Like varying winds , by other passions tost , This drives them constant to a certain coast . Let pow'r or knowledge , gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more ...
Page 225
... pow'r unseen , and mightier far than they : She , from the rending earth and bursting skies , Saw gods descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , there the blest abodes ; Fear made her devils , and weak hope her gods ...
... pow'r unseen , and mightier far than they : She , from the rending earth and bursting skies , Saw gods descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , there the blest abodes ; Fear made her devils , and weak hope her gods ...
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... pow'r within , And strain the musical machine ; Thou , Goddess ! thy attemp'ring hand Doth each discordant string command , Refines the soft and swells the strong , And joining Nature's gen'ral song Through many a varying tone unfolds ...
... pow'r within , And strain the musical machine ; Thou , Goddess ! thy attemp'ring hand Doth each discordant string command , Refines the soft and swells the strong , And joining Nature's gen'ral song Through many a varying tone unfolds ...
Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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