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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... 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 possest , Greatly resign'd , thou sought'st the stranger , Rest : Firm as his fate ...
... 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 possest , Greatly resign'd , thou sought'st the stranger , Rest : Firm as his fate ...
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... virtue charm , And noblest sentiments the bosom warm ; 7 Hæc & proxima alludunt ad sublima illa au- thoris. As on the utmost verge of life he stood , Ready to plunge , and seize th ' immortal good , Collecting all his rays diffus'd , in ...
... virtue charm , And noblest sentiments the bosom warm ; 7 Hæc & proxima alludunt ad sublima illa au- thoris. As on the utmost verge of life he stood , Ready to plunge , and seize th ' immortal good , Collecting all his rays diffus'd , in ...
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... Virtue , there deck'd in ever - blooming charms , With such resistless rays of beauty warms , That Vice , abash'd , confounded , skulks away , As night retires at dawn of rosy day . Struck with his guilt , the hardy atheist dreads ...
... Virtue , there deck'd in ever - blooming charms , With such resistless rays of beauty warms , That Vice , abash'd , confounded , skulks away , As night retires at dawn of rosy day . Struck with his guilt , the hardy atheist dreads ...
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... virtue be addressed , but to such as are possessed of great virtues them- selves ? To whom can I better present the chief characters of a noble and ancient family , than to your grace , whose family is so ancient and so noble ? And here ...
... virtue be addressed , but to such as are possessed of great virtues them- selves ? To whom can I better present the chief characters of a noble and ancient family , than to your grace , whose family is so ancient and so noble ? And here ...
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... virtue trace , That , from afar descending , flow'd Through the rich veins of all the godlike race , And fair renown on all the godlike race bestow'd ! This ancient source of noble blood Through thee , Germania , wandering wide , Like ...
... virtue trace , That , from afar descending , flow'd Through the rich veins of all the godlike race , And fair renown on all the godlike race bestow'd ! This ancient source of noble blood Through thee , Germania , wandering wide , Like ...
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