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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... equal state , the radiant globe descends , Sinks in a cloud of gold , and azure bright , And leaves behind gay tracks of beamy light . 1720 . Ir for ourselves the tears profusely flow , Too justly we indulge the tender woe , Since thou ...
... equal state , the radiant globe descends , Sinks in a cloud of gold , and azure bright , And leaves behind gay tracks of beamy light . 1720 . Ir for ourselves the tears profusely flow , Too justly we indulge the tender woe , Since thou ...
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... equal dangers share . O generous strife ! and worthy such a pair ! How dear did Albert this contention pay ! Witness the floods of streaming gore ; Witness the trampled heaps , that chok'd the plain , And stopp'd the victors in their ...
... equal dangers share . O generous strife ! and worthy such a pair ! How dear did Albert this contention pay ! Witness the floods of streaming gore ; Witness the trampled heaps , that chok'd the plain , And stopp'd the victors in their ...
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... equal flame For him , as he for arms . 1699 . ON A PEACOCK , FINELY CUT IN VELLUM BY MOLINDA . WHEN Fancy did Molinda's hand invite , Without the help of colour , shade , or light , To form in vellum , spotless as her mind , The fairest ...
... equal flame For him , as he for arms . 1699 . ON A PEACOCK , FINELY CUT IN VELLUM BY MOLINDA . WHEN Fancy did Molinda's hand invite , Without the help of colour , shade , or light , To form in vellum , spotless as her mind , The fairest ...
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... equal flames they strove , While warbling birds , soft whispering breaths of wind , And murmuring streams , to grace their nuptials join'd . All nature smil'd ; the plains were fresh and green , Unstain'd the fountains , and the heavens ...
... equal flames they strove , While warbling birds , soft whispering breaths of wind , And murmuring streams , to grace their nuptials join'd . All nature smil'd ; the plains were fresh and green , Unstain'd the fountains , and the heavens ...
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... equal beauty glows , That , the full moon , and this , the crescent shows : Thus , rais'd beneath its parent tree , is seen The laurel shoot , while , in its early green , Thick - sprouting leaves and branches are essay'd , And all the ...
... equal beauty glows , That , the full moon , and this , the crescent shows : Thus , rais'd beneath its parent tree , is seen The laurel shoot , while , in its early green , Thick - sprouting leaves and branches are essay'd , And all the ...
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