The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 71804 |
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... turn Your faith about , By arguments experter . IV . The ladies , pale and out of breath , Wild as the witches in Macbeth , Ask if the " deed be done ! " O , David ! liften to my lay ! I'll prophefy the things they'll fay ; For tongues ...
... turn Your faith about , By arguments experter . IV . The ladies , pale and out of breath , Wild as the witches in Macbeth , Ask if the " deed be done ! " O , David ! liften to my lay ! I'll prophefy the things they'll fay ; For tongues ...
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... turn , And buzz'd abroad , that crows love corn . The Owl arose , with folemn face , And thus harangu'd upon the case . That magpies prate , it may be true , A kite may be voracious too , Crows fometimes deal in new - fown pease ; He ...
... turn , And buzz'd abroad , that crows love corn . The Owl arose , with folemn face , And thus harangu'd upon the case . That magpies prate , it may be true , A kite may be voracious too , Crows fometimes deal in new - fown pease ; He ...
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... turn'd to ridicule , Applauded by the grinning fool . The artful Fox your wit commends , To lure you to his selfish ends ; From the vile flatt'rer turn away , For knaves make friendships to betray . Difmifs the train of fops , and fools ...
... turn'd to ridicule , Applauded by the grinning fool . The artful Fox your wit commends , To lure you to his selfish ends ; From the vile flatt'rer turn away , For knaves make friendships to betray . Difmifs the train of fops , and fools ...
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... turn , drew near , And humbly crav'd a fervant's share ; Her modeft worth the Mafter knew , And ftraight he fatt ... turns to stare , But men of fefe avoid the fnare . As on the mrgin of the flood , With filken lir , my Lydia stood , I ...
... turn , drew near , And humbly crav'd a fervant's share ; Her modeft worth the Mafter knew , And ftraight he fatt ... turns to stare , But men of fefe avoid the fnare . As on the mrgin of the flood , With filken lir , my Lydia stood , I ...
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... turn . So fhall he right from wrong difcern , And mercy from oppreffion learn ; At others ' woes be taught to melt , And loath the ills himself has felt . He fpoke ; his bofom fwell'd with pride . The youthful Lion thus reply'd . What ...
... turn . So fhall he right from wrong difcern , And mercy from oppreffion learn ; At others ' woes be taught to melt , And loath the ills himself has felt . He fpoke ; his bofom fwell'd with pride . The youthful Lion thus reply'd . What ...
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Page 278 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
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Page 279 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 278 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page 282 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
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