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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... thou tread'st the blissful plains : If there , regardful of the ways of men , Thou seest with pity what thou once hast been , O gentle shade ! accept this humble verse , Amidst the meaner honours of thy hearse . How does thy Phocyas ...
... thou tread'st the blissful plains : If there , regardful of the ways of men , Thou seest with pity what thou once hast been , O gentle shade ! accept this humble verse , Amidst the meaner honours of thy hearse . How does thy Phocyas ...
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... thou to warring waves thy sacred life expose ? Why am I thus divided by the sea From all the world , and all the world in thee ? Could sighs and tears the rage of tempests bind , With tears I'd bribe the seas , with sighs the wind ...
... thou to warring waves thy sacred life expose ? Why am I thus divided by the sea From all the world , and all the world in thee ? Could sighs and tears the rage of tempests bind , With tears I'd bribe the seas , with sighs the wind ...
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... thou , fair Boyne ! shall pass unmention'd by , Already sung in strains that ne'er shall die . These , and a ... Thou saw'st him , Boyne ! when thy charg'd waters bore The swimming coursers to th ' opposing shore , And , round thy banks ...
... thou , fair Boyne ! shall pass unmention'd by , Already sung in strains that ne'er shall die . These , and a ... Thou saw'st him , Boyne ! when thy charg'd waters bore The swimming coursers to th ' opposing shore , And , round thy banks ...
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... Thou , like Alcides , early didst begin , And ev'n a child didst laurels win . Two snaky plagues around his cradle twin'd , Sent by the jealous wife of Jove , In speckled wreaths of Death they strove , The mighty babe to bind : And ...
... Thou , like Alcides , early didst begin , And ev'n a child didst laurels win . Two snaky plagues around his cradle twin'd , Sent by the jealous wife of Jove , In speckled wreaths of Death they strove , The mighty babe to bind : And ...
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... thou destroy The lovers ' hopes , and why forbid the joy ? How should we bless thee , would'st thou yield to charms , And , opening , let us rush into each other's arms ! At least , if that's too much , afford a space To meeting lips ...
... thou destroy The lovers ' hopes , and why forbid the joy ? How should we bless thee , would'st thou yield to charms , And , opening , let us rush into each other's arms ! At least , if that's too much , afford a space To meeting lips ...
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