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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... 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 thou hast run . If aught ...
... 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 thou hast run . If aught ...
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... mind , ( A mind unknown to Rome's ambitious son ) Thy powerful armies were resign'd ; This victory o'er thyself was more , Than all thy conquests gain'd before : ' Twas more than Philip's son could do , When for new worlds the madman ...
... mind , ( A mind unknown to Rome's ambitious son ) Thy powerful armies were resign'd ; This victory o'er thyself was more , Than all thy conquests gain'd before : ' Twas more than Philip's son could do , When for new worlds the madman ...
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... mind . Thus some have represented woman - kind . But you , your sex's champion , are come forth To fight their quarrel , and assert their worth ; Our Salic law of wit you have destroy'd , Establish'd female claim , and triumph'd o'er ...
... mind . Thus some have represented woman - kind . But you , your sex's champion , are come forth To fight their quarrel , and assert their worth ; Our Salic law of wit you have destroy'd , Establish'd female claim , and triumph'd o'er ...
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... mind , Hears daily conquests which she ne'er design'd , In her a soft , yet cruel heart is found , Averse to cure , and vainly griev'd to wound . WRITTEN IN A LADY'S PRAYER - BOOK . So fair a form , with such devotion join'd ! A virgin ...
... mind , Hears daily conquests which she ne'er design'd , In her a soft , yet cruel heart is found , Averse to cure , and vainly griev'd to wound . WRITTEN IN A LADY'S PRAYER - BOOK . So fair a form , with such devotion join'd ! A virgin ...
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... mind shines cheerful through her face , A sacred lamp in a fair crystal case . Not Venus star , the brightest of the sphere , Smiles so serene , or casts a light so clear . O happy brother of this wondrous fair ! The best of sisters ...
... mind shines cheerful through her face , A sacred lamp in a fair crystal case . Not Venus star , the brightest of the sphere , Smiles so serene , or casts a light so clear . O happy brother of this wondrous fair ! The best of sisters ...
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