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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... bright queen adore ; Ev'n Love's bright queen might seem less winning And Mars submit to his heroic air . Not Jove himself , imperial Jove , can show A nobler mien , or more undaunted brow , When his strong arm , thro ' Heav'n's ...
... bright queen adore ; Ev'n Love's bright queen might seem less winning And Mars submit to his heroic air . Not Jove himself , imperial Jove , can show A nobler mien , or more undaunted brow , When his strong arm , thro ' Heav'n's ...
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... bright prince ! thy Britain's transport Haste to her arms , and make her bliss complete ! Whate'er glad news has reach'd her listening ear , While her long - absent lord provokes her fear , Her joys are in suspence , her pleasures ...
... bright prince ! thy Britain's transport Haste to her arms , and make her bliss complete ! Whate'er glad news has reach'd her listening ear , While her long - absent lord provokes her fear , Her joys are in suspence , her pleasures ...
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... bright , majestic , and serene ! Unveil'd from clouds , which did her form disguise , And hid a thousand beauties from thy eyes . A thousand treasures unsurvey'd invite Their lord to various scenes of new delight . Come , see the dower ...
... bright , majestic , and serene ! Unveil'd from clouds , which did her form disguise , And hid a thousand beauties from thy eyes . A thousand treasures unsurvey'd invite Their lord to various scenes of new delight . Come , see the dower ...
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... bright , And , entering , flash'd the caves with beamy light . Boyne , Rhine , the Sambre , on their banks had seen The glorious form , and knew his martial mien ; In throngs th ' admiring Nereids round him press'd , And Tritons crowd ...
... bright , And , entering , flash'd the caves with beamy light . Boyne , Rhine , the Sambre , on their banks had seen The glorious form , and knew his martial mien ; In throngs th ' admiring Nereids round him press'd , And Tritons crowd ...
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... bright , For Glory round him waits , with beams of living light . At length the widen'd gates a conquest own , And to his arms resign the yielding town . Here , from the field return'd , with olive crown'd , Applauding throngs their ...
... bright , For Glory round him waits , with beams of living light . At length the widen'd gates a conquest own , And to his arms resign the yielding town . Here , from the field return'd , with olive crown'd , Applauding throngs their ...
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