The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... Muse of Alexis : a Pastoral . Lamenting the Death of Queen Mary To the King , on the taking of Namur . Irre- gular Ode Verses to the Memory of Grace Lady Ge- thin , occasioned by reading her Book , en- titled Reliquię Gethinianę 282 ib ...
... Muse of Alexis : a Pastoral . Lamenting the Death of Queen Mary To the King , on the taking of Namur . Irre- gular Ode Verses to the Memory of Grace Lady Ge- thin , occasioned by reading her Book , en- titled Reliquię Gethinianę 282 ib ...
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... Muse refin'd , So much improv'd by those he leaves behind ! So when a father sees a careful son Enlarge those ... Muses , wreath'd with baleful cypress , mourn ; In every face a deep distress appears , Each eye o'erflows with tributary ...
... Muse refin'd , So much improv'd by those he leaves behind ! So when a father sees a careful son Enlarge those ... Muses , wreath'd with baleful cypress , mourn ; In every face a deep distress appears , Each eye o'erflows with tributary ...
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... Muse , that in unequal lays Offers this humble tribute of her praise . Lost in thy works , how oft I pass the day , While the swift hours steal unperceiv'd away ; There , in sweet union , wit and virtue charm , And noblest sentiments ...
... Muse , that in unequal lays Offers this humble tribute of her praise . Lost in thy works , how oft I pass the day , While the swift hours steal unperceiv'd away ; There , in sweet union , wit and virtue charm , And noblest sentiments ...
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... Muse inspires the song ! The heaven - born Muse ; ev'n now she springs her flight , [ of light . And bears my raptur'd soul through untrac'd realms We mount aloft , and , in our airy way , Retiring kingdoms far beneath survey . Amid the ...
... Muse inspires the song ! The heaven - born Muse ; ev'n now she springs her flight , [ of light . And bears my raptur'd soul through untrac'd realms We mount aloft , and , in our airy way , Retiring kingdoms far beneath survey . Amid the ...
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... Muses take the sound , From voice to voice th ' harmonious notes rebound , And echoing lyres transmit the volant fugue ... Muse ! a tuneful strain Of Albion's prince conducted o'er the main ; Of courts conceal'd in waves , and Neptune's ...
... Muses take the sound , From voice to voice th ' harmonious notes rebound , And echoing lyres transmit the volant fugue ... Muse ! a tuneful strain Of Albion's prince conducted o'er the main ; Of courts conceal'd in waves , and Neptune's ...
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