The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical1779 |
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... fung at Comus ' feast ; While in a ring the jolly rural throng Have fat and fmil'd to hear my chearful song : Begone , with all thy mirth and fprightly lays , My pipe , no longer now thy power obeys ; ་ Learn to lament , my Mufe , to ...
... fung at Comus ' feast ; While in a ring the jolly rural throng Have fat and fmil'd to hear my chearful song : Begone , with all thy mirth and fprightly lays , My pipe , no longer now thy power obeys ; ་ Learn to lament , my Mufe , to ...
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... fung the Boyne ; or him to whom he fung . С г THE THE BIRTH OF THE MUSE . To the Right Honourable ON THE TAKING OF NAMUR . 19.
... fung the Boyne ; or him to whom he fung . С г THE THE BIRTH OF THE MUSE . To the Right Honourable ON THE TAKING OF NAMUR . 19.
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... fung , HOR . } For thee my voice is tun'd , and speaking lyre is ftrung ; For every grace of every Mufe is thine In thee their various fires united fhine , Darling of Phoebus and the tuneful Nine ! To thee alone I dare my fong commend ...
... fung , HOR . } For thee my voice is tun'd , and speaking lyre is ftrung ; For every grace of every Mufe is thine In thee their various fires united fhine , Darling of Phoebus and the tuneful Nine ! To thee alone I dare my fong commend ...
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... fung by thee with Fate shall strive , " And long as Time in facred verfe furvive . " And yet , O Mufe , remains the nobleft theme ; The firft of men , mature for endless fame , “ Thy 46 Thy future fongs fhall grace , and all thy 28 ...
... fung by thee with Fate shall strive , " And long as Time in facred verfe furvive . " And yet , O Mufe , remains the nobleft theme ; The firft of men , mature for endless fame , “ Thy 46 Thy future fongs fhall grace , and all thy 28 ...
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... fparkling inclination . Like Citherea fmiling , She blush'd , and laid his passion ; The fhepherd ceas'd reviling , And fung this recantation : PALINODE . How engaging , how endearing , Is a PALI 52 CONGREVE'S POEM S.
... fparkling inclination . Like Citherea fmiling , She blush'd , and laid his passion ; The fhepherd ceas'd reviling , And fung this recantation : PALINODE . How engaging , how endearing , Is a PALI 52 CONGREVE'S POEM S.
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