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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... pain ; Not years of pain thy steady mind alarm'd , By judgment strengthen'd , and with virtue arm'd ; Still like thyself , when sinking life ebb'd low , Nor rashly dar'd , nor meanly fear'd the blow ; Loose to the world , of every grace ...
... pain ; Not years of pain thy steady mind alarm'd , By judgment strengthen'd , and with virtue arm'd ; Still like thyself , when sinking life ebb'd low , Nor rashly dar'd , nor meanly fear'd the blow ; Loose to the world , of every grace ...
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... pain , Dost in the realms of light triumphant reign ! February , 1719-20 . W. DUNCOMBE * . TO THE MEMORY OF MR . HUGHES . OLOST too early ! and too lately known ! My love's intended marks receive in one ; Where , new to ease , and ...
... pain , Dost in the realms of light triumphant reign ! February , 1719-20 . W. DUNCOMBE * . TO THE MEMORY OF MR . HUGHES . OLOST too early ! and too lately known ! My love's intended marks receive in one ; Where , new to ease , and ...
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... pain : Strephon is true , who ne'er was true before ; And Celia bids him love , but not adore . Though Addison and Steele the honour claim , Here to stand foremost on the list of fame ; Yet still the traces of thy hand we see , Some of ...
... pain : Strephon is true , who ne'er was true before ; And Celia bids him love , but not adore . Though Addison and Steele the honour claim , Here to stand foremost on the list of fame ; Yet still the traces of thy hand we see , Some of ...
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... pain , As rising breezes curl the trembling main . She gaz'd awhile entranc'd ; but when she found It was her lover weitering on the ground , She beat her lovely breast , and tore her hair , Clasp'd the dear corpse , and , frantic in ...
... pain , As rising breezes curl the trembling main . She gaz'd awhile entranc'd ; but when she found It was her lover weitering on the ground , She beat her lovely breast , and tore her hair , Clasp'd the dear corpse , and , frantic in ...
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... pain His hovering steps destroys . Vain man ! that in a narrow space At endless game projects the daring spear ! For short is life's uncertain race : Then why , capricious mortal ! why Dost thou for happiness repair To distant climates ...
... pain His hovering steps destroys . Vain man ! that in a narrow space At endless game projects the daring spear ! For short is life's uncertain race : Then why , capricious mortal ! why Dost thou for happiness repair To distant climates ...
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