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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... light . 1720 . Ir for ourselves the tears profusely 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 ...
... light . 1720 . Ir for ourselves the tears profusely 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 ...
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... light . And bears my raptur'd soul through untrac'd realms We mount aloft , and , in our airy way , Retiring kingdoms far beneath survey . Amid the rest a spacious tract appears , Obscure in view , and on its visage wears Black hovering ...
... light . And bears my raptur'd soul through untrac'd realms We mount aloft , and , in our airy way , Retiring kingdoms far beneath survey . Amid the rest a spacious tract appears , Obscure in view , and on its visage wears Black hovering ...
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... light ! And now once more embark'd , propitious gales Blow fresh from shore , and fill his hollow sails . As when the golden god , that rules the day , Drives down his flaming chariot to the sea , And leaves the nations here involv'd in ...
... light ! And now once more embark'd , propitious gales Blow fresh from shore , and fill his hollow sails . As when the golden god , that rules the day , Drives down his flaming chariot to the sea , And leaves the nations here involv'd in ...
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... light . Of some lone thicket , revelling hags provide Dire charms , that threat the sleeping neighbourhood , And quaff , with magic inix'd , vast bowls of human blood ; And fills their craving urns with fresh - recruited tides . Then ...
... light . Of some lone thicket , revelling hags provide Dire charms , that threat the sleeping neighbourhood , And quaff , with magic inix'd , vast bowls of human blood ; And fills their craving urns with fresh - recruited tides . Then ...
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... light , On William's head redoubled shine ; His youthful looks diffus'd an awe . Charles , who had try'd the race before , And knew great merits to explore , When he his rising virtue saw , He put in friendship's noble claim ; To his ...
... light , On William's head redoubled shine ; His youthful looks diffus'd an awe . Charles , who had try'd the race before , And knew great merits to explore , When he his rising virtue saw , He put in friendship's noble claim ; To his ...
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