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... says : 66 " O thou Patron - God ! Thou God and mortal ! thence more God to man ! Man's theme eternal ! man's eternal theme ! Thou can'st not ' scape uninjured from our praise . Uninjured from our praise can He escape , Who , disembosom ...
... says : 66 " O thou Patron - God ! Thou God and mortal ! thence more God to man ! Man's theme eternal ! man's eternal theme ! Thou can'st not ' scape uninjured from our praise . Uninjured from our praise can He escape , Who , disembosom ...
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... says : " Whence Gay was banished in disgrace , Where Pope will never show his face , Where Y- must torture his ... say , that the author is more pleased to see her rise from this lower world , soaring above the clouds , passing the first ...
... says : " Whence Gay was banished in disgrace , Where Pope will never show his face , Where Y- must torture his ... say , that the author is more pleased to see her rise from this lower world , soaring above the clouds , passing the first ...
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... says the dedication , " has been pleased to make yourself accessary to the following scenes , not only by suggest ... say , will be always remembered to his honor ; since he , I know , intended his generosity as an encouragement to merit ...
... says the dedication , " has been pleased to make yourself accessary to the following scenes , not only by suggest ... say , will be always remembered to his honor ; since he , I know , intended his generosity as an encouragement to merit ...
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... says : - " The love of praise , howe'er concealed by art , Reigns , more or less , and glows in every heart : The proud , to gain it , toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it , but to make it sure . O'er globes and sceptres , now on ...
... says : - " The love of praise , howe'er concealed by art , Reigns , more or less , and glows in every heart : The proud , to gain it , toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it , but to make it sure . O'er globes and sceptres , now on ...
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... says : - " To whom should I address my song ' To whom but thee ? The boundless sea , And grateful muse to George belong . * * * * What hero's praise Can fire my lays Like his with whom my lay begun ? Justice sincere , And courage clear ...
... says : - " To whom should I address my song ' To whom but thee ? The boundless sea , And grateful muse to George belong . * * * * What hero's praise Can fire my lays Like his with whom my lay begun ? Justice sincere , And courage clear ...
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Page 363 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread fathomless alone.
Page 185 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung. And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
Page 397 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Page 124 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 363 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 378 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Page 270 - Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky. As I bent down to look just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appeared Bending to look on me. I started back It started back but pleased I soon returned Pleased it returned as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love.
Page 77 - An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a god! I tremble at myself, . And in myself am lost ! at home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own: how reason reels!
Page 375 - Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
Page 75 - To reason, and on reason build resolve, (That column of true majesty in man) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave, your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine.