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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... rise , On lofty pillars climbing to the skies ! Of bulk stupendous , its proud pile it rears , The gradual product of successive years . An inner gate , that folds with iron leaves , The charm'd spectator's entering steps receives ...
... rise , On lofty pillars climbing to the skies ! Of bulk stupendous , its proud pile it rears , The gradual product of successive years . An inner gate , that folds with iron leaves , The charm'd spectator's entering steps receives ...
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... rise ( By turns they sink below , by turns they mount the ** And must , " she said- [ skies ) : Then paus'd , and drew a sigh of anxious love ; Must my dear lord this faithless ocean prove ? Escap'd the chance of war , and fraud of foes ...
... rise ( By turns they sink below , by turns they mount the ** And must , " she said- [ skies ) : Then paus'd , and drew a sigh of anxious love ; Must my dear lord this faithless ocean prove ? Escap'd the chance of war , and fraud of foes ...
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... rise , Where , safe encamp'd , proud Luxemburgh defies All open violence , or close surprise . But see ! a second Hannibal froin far , Up the steep height , conducts th ' entangled war . Brave Ossory , attended with the pride Of English ...
... rise , Where , safe encamp'd , proud Luxemburgh defies All open violence , or close surprise . But see ! a second Hannibal froin far , Up the steep height , conducts th ' entangled war . Brave Ossory , attended with the pride Of English ...
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... rising from his throne , thus call'd aloud ; " Ye lovely daughters of the briny flood ! Haste , comb your silver ... rise , Nearer to view : her beating heart foretels The pleasing news , and eager transport feels . Safe to her arms ...
... rising from his throne , thus call'd aloud ; " Ye lovely daughters of the briny flood ! Haste , comb your silver ... rise , Nearer to view : her beating heart foretels The pleasing news , and eager transport feels . Safe to her arms ...
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... rise to sight ! Adolphus , with imperial splendour gay : Brave Philibert , unmatch'd in fight , Who led the German ... rising virtue saw , He put in friendship's noble claim ; To his imperial court the hero brought , And there by early ...
... rise to sight ! Adolphus , with imperial splendour gay : Brave Philibert , unmatch'd in fight , Who led the German ... rising virtue saw , He put in friendship's noble claim ; To his imperial court the hero brought , And there by early ...
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