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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... o'er Maro's tomb bestow'd ; And tears like these for Addison late flow'd . Snatch'd from the Earth , above its trifling praise , Thee , Hughes , to happier climes thy Fate conveys ; Fas'd of its load , thy gentle spirit roves Through ...
... o'er Maro's tomb bestow'd ; And tears like these for Addison late flow'd . Snatch'd from the Earth , above its trifling praise , Thee , Hughes , to happier climes thy Fate conveys ; Fas'd of its load , thy gentle spirit roves Through ...
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... o'er the main ; Of courts conceal'd in waves , and Neptune's watery Sing , from beneath , how the green deity Rose to the sovereign of the British sea ; To power confess'd , the triple mace resign'd , O'er - rul'd the floods , and charg ...
... o'er the main ; Of courts conceal'd in waves , and Neptune's watery Sing , from beneath , how the green deity Rose to the sovereign of the British sea ; To power confess'd , the triple mace resign'd , O'er - rul'd the floods , and charg ...
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... o'er - supply'd , Through delug'd fields in noisy triumph ride . The god was just preparing to renew His daily task , when sudden in his view Appear'd the guardian power , all dazzling bright , And , entering , flash'd the caves with ...
... o'er - supply'd , Through delug'd fields in noisy triumph ride . The god was just preparing to renew His daily task , when sudden in his view Appear'd the guardian power , all dazzling bright , And , entering , flash'd the caves with ...
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... o'er , And claims dominion there no more . Then Henry , ripe for immortality , [ wings . His flight to Heaven eternal springs , And , o'er his quiet grave , Peace spreads her downy His son , a second William , fills his place , And ...
... o'er , And claims dominion there no more . Then Henry , ripe for immortality , [ wings . His flight to Heaven eternal springs , And , o'er his quiet grave , Peace spreads her downy His son , a second William , fills his place , And ...
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... O'er all its passions sat exalted high , As Teneriff's top enjoys a purer sky , And sees the moving clouds at distance fly below . Whoe'er thy warlike annals reads , Behold reviv'd our valiant Edward's deeds . Great Edward and his ...
... O'er all its passions sat exalted high , As Teneriff's top enjoys a purer sky , And sees the moving clouds at distance fly below . Whoe'er thy warlike annals reads , Behold reviv'd our valiant Edward's deeds . Great Edward and his ...
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