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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... breast ! What pleasure must retiring Dryden find , To see that art his skilful Muse refin'd , So much improv'd by those he leaves behind ! So when a father sees a careful son Enlarge those coffers , which were first his own , With joy ...
... breast ! What pleasure must retiring Dryden find , To see that art his skilful Muse refin'd , So much improv'd by those he leaves behind ! So when a father sees a careful son Enlarge those coffers , which were first his own , With joy ...
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... breasts a nobler fire , Nor his own image livelier drew . Of pure ethereal flame their souls he made , And , as beneath his forming hands they grew , He bless'd the master ... breast the impious steel , and bath'd 16 : HUGHES'S POEMS .
... breasts a nobler fire , Nor his own image livelier drew . Of pure ethereal flame their souls he made , And , as beneath his forming hands they grew , He bless'd the master ... breast the impious steel , and bath'd 16 : HUGHES'S POEMS .
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... breast the impious steel , and bath'd it in And tell , how swift thy arms that kingdom did re- * Vicem gerit illa Tonantis : the motto on her. Thou , like Alcides , early didst begin , And ev'n a child didst laurels win . Two snaky ...
... breast the impious steel , and bath'd it in And tell , how swift thy arms that kingdom did re- * Vicem gerit illa Tonantis : the motto on her. Thou , like Alcides , early didst begin , And ev'n a child didst laurels win . Two snaky ...
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... breast the sword , Yet warm , and recking from its slaughter'd lord . Relenting Heaven allows her last request , And pity touch'd their inournful parents breast . The fruit , when ripe , a purple dye retains ; And in one urn are plac'd ...
... breast the sword , Yet warm , and recking from its slaughter'd lord . Relenting Heaven allows her last request , And pity touch'd their inournful parents breast . The fruit , when ripe , a purple dye retains ; And in one urn are plac'd ...
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... breast , Soon the sly urchin storm'd her tender heart , And amorous flames dispers'd through every part . In vain she strove to check the new - born fire , It scorn'd her weak essays , and rose the higher : In vain from feasts and balls ...
... breast , Soon the sly urchin storm'd her tender heart , And amorous flames dispers'd through every part . In vain she strove to check the new - born fire , It scorn'd her weak essays , and rose the higher : In vain from feasts and balls ...
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