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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... laws shall reign in every mind , And every Phocyas his Eudocia find . O ! yet be this the lowest of thy fame , To form the hero , and instruct the dame ; I see the Christian , friend , relation , son , Burn for the glorious course that ...
... laws shall reign in every mind , And every Phocyas his Eudocia find . O ! yet be this the lowest of thy fame , To form the hero , and instruct the dame ; I see the Christian , friend , relation , son , Burn for the glorious course that ...
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... laws , " instead Of " pudding - pies , and gingerbread : " And some , for brooms , old boots , and shoes , " Roar out , " God bless our commons ' house ! " Some bawl " the votes " about the town , And wish they'd " vote dissenters down ...
... laws , " instead Of " pudding - pies , and gingerbread : " And some , for brooms , old boots , and shoes , " Roar out , " God bless our commons ' house ! " Some bawl " the votes " about the town , And wish they'd " vote dissenters down ...
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... laws among th ' Elysian throng ; Though Lucan's verse , exalted by his name , O'er gods themselves has rais'd the hero's fame ; The Roman stage did ne'er his image see , Drawn at full length ; a task reserv'd for thee . By thee we view ...
... laws among th ' Elysian throng ; Though Lucan's verse , exalted by his name , O'er gods themselves has rais'd the hero's fame ; The Roman stage did ne'er his image see , Drawn at full length ; a task reserv'd for thee . By thee we view ...
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... laws . From Heaven this scale of virtue thus descends By just degrees , and thy full choice defends . So when , in visionary trains , by night Attending angels bless'd good Jacob's sight , The mystic ladder thus appear'd to rise , Its ...
... laws . From Heaven this scale of virtue thus descends By just degrees , and thy full choice defends . So when , in visionary trains , by night Attending angels bless'd good Jacob's sight , The mystic ladder thus appear'd to rise , Its ...
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... friend , And yield at last to Love and Hymen's laws . DAPHNE . O Peneus , urge this cruel suit no more ; Have I not to Diana swore ? E Behold again to her I bow , Devoted ever to ALLUSION TO HORACE . APOLLO AND DAPHNE . 49.
... friend , And yield at last to Love and Hymen's laws . DAPHNE . O Peneus , urge this cruel suit no more ; Have I not to Diana swore ? E Behold again to her I bow , Devoted ever to ALLUSION TO HORACE . APOLLO AND DAPHNE . 49.
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