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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... flow , without one rugged line ! Till we confess the genius is the same , That guides your fortune , and poetic flame , So when of old some sportive amorous god Vouchsaf'd awhile to leave his blest abode , In whatsoever form the guest ...
... flow , without one rugged line ! Till we confess the genius is the same , That guides your fortune , and poetic flame , So when of old some sportive amorous god Vouchsaf'd awhile to leave his blest abode , In whatsoever form the guest ...
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... flow , Too justly we indulge the tender woe , Since thou in Virtue's robes wast richly drest , And of fine arts abundantly possest ! But if we rather should congratulate A friend's enlargement and exalted state ; Resign'd to Providence ...
... flow , Too justly we indulge the tender woe , Since thou in Virtue's robes wast richly drest , And of fine arts abundantly possest ! But if we rather should congratulate A friend's enlargement and exalted state ; Resign'd to Providence ...
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... flow behind , And on his neck admits the long - rejected chain . At thy protecting court , for this blest day , Attending nations their glad thanks shall pay : Not Belgia , and the rescued isle alone , Rich with embroider'd stars , and ...
... flow behind , And on his neck admits the long - rejected chain . At thy protecting court , for this blest day , Attending nations their glad thanks shall pay : Not Belgia , and the rescued isle alone , Rich with embroider'd stars , and ...
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... flow ; And , ebbing , here retires ; within its sides , In roomy caves the god of sea resides . Pillars unhewn , of living stone , bear high His vaulted courts ; in storms the billows fly O'er th ' echoing roof , like thunder through ...
... flow ; And , ebbing , here retires ; within its sides , In roomy caves the god of sea resides . Pillars unhewn , of living stone , bear high His vaulted courts ; in storms the billows fly O'er th ' echoing roof , like thunder through ...
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... flow , Nature's defence against th ' invading foe : Industrious Art her strength of walls supplies : Before the town the British army lies . The works are mann'd ; with fury they contend ; These thunder from the plains , those from the ...
... flow , Nature's defence against th ' invading foe : Industrious Art her strength of walls supplies : Before the town the British army lies . The works are mann'd ; with fury they contend ; These thunder from the plains , those from the ...
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