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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... soft recess ; Worn with disease , and never - ceasing pain , How firmly did thy Soul her seat maintain ! 3 Siege of Damascus , Of whom see Dr. Johnson's encomium in the Life of Hughes , 1 Early thy side the mortal shaft receiv'd , All ...
... soft recess ; Worn with disease , and never - ceasing pain , How firmly did thy Soul her seat maintain ! 3 Siege of Damascus , Of whom see Dr. Johnson's encomium in the Life of Hughes , 1 Early thy side the mortal shaft receiv'd , All ...
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... Soft - sighing gales thy canvas should inspire ; But hence , ye boisterous storms ! far hence retire To inland woods ... soft arts of peace ! " She said ; th ' entreated winds her accents bore , And wing'd the message to the Belgic shore ...
... Soft - sighing gales thy canvas should inspire ; But hence , ye boisterous storms ! far hence retire To inland woods ... soft arts of peace ! " She said ; th ' entreated winds her accents bore , And wing'd the message to the Belgic shore ...
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... soft thy air , thy visage so serene , That harmony ev'n in thy look was seen . But when thou didst th ' obedient strings command , And join in consort thy melodious hand , Evin Fate itself , such wondrous strains to hear , Fate had been ...
... soft thy air , thy visage so serene , That harmony ev'n in thy look was seen . But when thou didst th ' obedient strings command , And join in consort thy melodious hand , Evin Fate itself , such wondrous strains to hear , Fate had been ...
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... soft silky breast ! The leaves of creeping vines around him play , And Nature's leaves less perfect seem than they . O matchless bird ! whose race , with nicest care , Heaven seems in pleasure to have form'd so fair ! From whose gay ...
... soft silky breast ! The leaves of creeping vines around him play , And Nature's leaves less perfect seem than they . O matchless bird ! whose race , with nicest care , Heaven seems in pleasure to have form'd so fair ! From whose gay ...
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... soft desires ! For ever dwell where such supply thy fires ! May Virtue still with Beauty share the sway , And the glad world with willing zeal obey ! TO MOLINDA . TH ' inspiring Muses and the god of Love , Which most should grace the ...
... soft desires ! For ever dwell where such supply thy fires ! May Virtue still with Beauty share the sway , And the glad world with willing zeal obey ! TO MOLINDA . TH ' inspiring Muses and the god of Love , Which most should grace the ...
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