Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, Volume 1David P. French B. Blom, 1967 - English poetry |
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... past , arose . Brave Thersander was by none , In war , or warlike sports , out - done . Thou , Theron , his great virtues dost revive ; He in my verse and thee again does live . Loud Olympus , happy thee , Isthmus and Nemæa , does twice ...
... past , arose . Brave Thersander was by none , In war , or warlike sports , out - done . Thou , Theron , his great virtues dost revive ; He in my verse and thee again does live . Loud Olympus , happy thee , Isthmus and Nemæa , does twice ...
Page 139
... past , Shone ( like a star in them ) more brightly there Than they did in their sphere . On a tall pyramid's pointed head he stopp'd at And a mild look of sacred pity cast Down on the sinful land where he was sent , T'inflict the tardy ...
... past , Shone ( like a star in them ) more brightly there Than they did in their sphere . On a tall pyramid's pointed head he stopp'd at And a mild look of sacred pity cast Down on the sinful land where he was sent , T'inflict the tardy ...
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... past madness draws this wicked use , To sin disguis'd , and murder with excuse : For , whilst the fearless youth his cure pursues , And the soft med'cine with kind art renews , The barbarous patient casts at him his spear , ( The usual ...
... past madness draws this wicked use , To sin disguis'd , and murder with excuse : For , whilst the fearless youth his cure pursues , And the soft med'cine with kind art renews , The barbarous patient casts at him his spear , ( The usual ...
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