The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 139
... Muse may give thee , but the Gods must guide . Rev'rent I touch thee ! but with honest zeal ; To rouse the Watchmen of the Publick Weal , To Virtue's Work provoke the tardy Hall , And goad the Prelate slumbʼring in his Stall . Ye tinsel ...
... Muse may give thee , but the Gods must guide . Rev'rent I touch thee ! but with honest zeal ; To rouse the Watchmen of the Publick Weal , To Virtue's Work provoke the tardy Hall , And goad the Prelate slumbʼring in his Stall . Ye tinsel ...
Page 264
... Muse , sunk in inglorious Rest , Had silent slept amid the Mincian Reeds : The Wits of modern Time had told their Beads , And monkish Legends been their only Strains ; Our MILTON's Eden had lain wrapt in Weeds , Our SHAKESPEAR stroll'd ...
... Muse , sunk in inglorious Rest , Had silent slept amid the Mincian Reeds : The Wits of modern Time had told their Beads , And monkish Legends been their only Strains ; Our MILTON's Eden had lain wrapt in Weeds , Our SHAKESPEAR stroll'd ...
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... Muse ! relate ( for you can tell alone PAGE • 19 · 194 617 233 220 • • 469 709 628 219 402 204 641 306 407 388 453 691 495 662 461 139 483 161 174 673 233 405 520 342 435 397 615 613 • 678 341 649 • 592 • 606 · 666 • 132 • 479 • 259 100 ...
... Muse ! relate ( for you can tell alone PAGE • 19 · 194 617 233 220 • • 469 709 628 219 402 204 641 306 407 388 453 691 495 662 461 139 483 161 174 673 233 405 520 342 435 397 615 613 • 678 341 649 • 592 • 606 · 666 • 132 • 479 • 259 100 ...
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