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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... sound They burst ; their iron entrails , hurl'd around , Strow with thick - scatter'd deaths the crimson ground . See , where the Genius of the war appears , Nor shuns the labour , nor the danger fears ! In clouds of sulphurous smoke he ...
... sound They burst ; their iron entrails , hurl'd around , Strow with thick - scatter'd deaths the crimson ground . See , where the Genius of the war appears , Nor shuns the labour , nor the danger fears ! In clouds of sulphurous smoke he ...
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... sounds , and every day majesty's coronation medals , Around it , mingled in a solemn band , Let. [ mane . But soon ... sounds and verse , Pathetic airs and moving thoughts inspire ! Whilst we thy Damon's praise rehearse : Damon himself ...
... sounds , and every day majesty's coronation medals , Around it , mingled in a solemn band , Let. [ mane . But soon ... sounds and verse , Pathetic airs and moving thoughts inspire ! Whilst we thy Damon's praise rehearse : Damon himself ...
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... sound ; Then said , " Fair goddess , do you know The factious feuds this must create , What jealous rage and mutual hate Among the rival flowers will grow ? The vilest thistle that infests the plain Will think his tawdry painted pride ...
... sound ; Then said , " Fair goddess , do you know The factious feuds this must create , What jealous rage and mutual hate Among the rival flowers will grow ? The vilest thistle that infests the plain Will think his tawdry painted pride ...
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... sound ; While now to Heaven the well - pleas'd goddess flies With her bright train , and reascends the skies . SIX ... sounds well chosen and skilfully executed , that , as they can hide in- different sense , and a kind of associated ...
... sound ; While now to Heaven the well - pleas'd goddess flies With her bright train , and reascends the skies . SIX ... sounds well chosen and skilfully executed , that , as they can hide in- different sense , and a kind of associated ...
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... sound ; The god of Love his motion spies , Lays by the pipe , and shoots a dart Through Corydon's unwary heart , Then , smiling , from his ambush flies ; While in his room , divinely bright , The reigning beauty of the groves surpris'd ...
... sound ; The god of Love his motion spies , Lays by the pipe , and shoots a dart Through Corydon's unwary heart , Then , smiling , from his ambush flies ; While in his room , divinely bright , The reigning beauty of the groves surpris'd ...
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