English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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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 ...
Page 320
... pow'r support , Were lying tongues forbid the court ? Did princely ears to truth attend , What minister could gain his end ? How could he raise his tools to place , And how his honest foes disgrace ? That politician tops his part , Who ...
... pow'r support , Were lying tongues forbid the court ? Did princely ears to truth attend , What minister could gain his end ? How could he raise his tools to place , And how his honest foes disgrace ? That politician tops his part , Who ...
Page 497
... 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 ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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