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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... rise , With joy they throng his chariot wheels , and rend with shouts the skies . To thee , great prince ! to thy extensive mind , Not by thy country's narrow bounds confin'd , The Fates an ample scene afford ; And injur'd nations claim ...
... rise , With joy they throng his chariot wheels , and rend with shouts the skies . To thee , great prince ! to thy extensive mind , Not by thy country's narrow bounds confin'd , The Fates an ample scene afford ; And injur'd nations claim ...
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... rising breast . Next in comely order trace All the glories of her face . Paint her neck of ivory , Smiling cheeks and ... rise Propitious here , saluting from the skies Your lofty tops , indulg'd with sweetest air , And every spring your ...
... rising breast . Next in comely order trace All the glories of her face . Paint her neck of ivory , Smiling cheeks and ... rise Propitious here , saluting from the skies Your lofty tops , indulg'd with sweetest air , And every spring your ...
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... rise , And spread his ample train , enrich'd with eyes ; To see , with lively grace , his form express'd , The stately honours of his rising crest , His comely wings , and his soft silky breast ! The leaves of creeping vines around him ...
... rise , And spread his ample train , enrich'd with eyes ; To see , with lively grace , his form express'd , The stately honours of his rising crest , His comely wings , and his soft silky breast ! The leaves of creeping vines around him ...
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... rise and fall , by turns we live and die . CHORUS . In winding labyrinths of harmony , Through all the travers'd scale they fly : By turns they rise and fall , by turns we live and die . Ye sons of Art , once more renew your strains ...
... rise and fall , by turns we live and die . CHORUS . In winding labyrinths of harmony , Through all the travers'd scale they fly : By turns they rise and fall , by turns we live and die . Ye sons of Art , once more renew your strains ...
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... rise ; Display thy beauteous form and mien , And grow a goddess , or a queen . CONSTANTIA , see , thy faithful slave Dies of the wound thy beauty gave ! Ah ! gentle nymph , no longer try From fond pursuing Love to fly . Thy pity to my ...
... rise ; Display thy beauteous form and mien , And grow a goddess , or a queen . CONSTANTIA , see , thy faithful slave Dies of the wound thy beauty gave ! Ah ! gentle nymph , no longer try From fond pursuing Love to fly . Thy pity to my ...
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