The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... should appear in fo difad- vantageous a state , may require fome explanation . The first publication of it was at a very early part of the Author's life . That it wanted Revifion and Cor- rection , he was fufficiently fenfible ; but fo ...
... should appear in fo difad- vantageous a state , may require fome explanation . The first publication of it was at a very early part of the Author's life . That it wanted Revifion and Cor- rection , he was fufficiently fenfible ; but fo ...
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... Should floth's unkindly fogs deprefs to earth Her tender bloffom ; choak the ftreams of life , And blast her spring ! Far otherwise design'd Almighty wifdom ; nature's happy cares The obedient heart far otherwife incline . Witness the ...
... Should floth's unkindly fogs deprefs to earth Her tender bloffom ; choak the ftreams of life , And blast her spring ! Far otherwise design'd Almighty wifdom ; nature's happy cares The obedient heart far otherwife incline . Witness the ...
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... 'd fing : then all the enamour'd youth , With each admiring virgin , to my lyre Should throng attentive , while I point on high C 4 325 Where Where beauty's living image , like the morn That wakes PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 23.
... 'd fing : then all the enamour'd youth , With each admiring virgin , to my lyre Should throng attentive , while I point on high C 4 325 Where Where beauty's living image , like the morn That wakes PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 23.
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... should my powerful verse at once difpell Those monkish horrors : then in light divine Disclose the Elyfian profpect , where the steps Of those whom nature charms , through blooming walks , Through fragrant mountains and poetic ftreams ...
... should my powerful verse at once difpell Those monkish horrors : then in light divine Disclose the Elyfian profpect , where the steps Of those whom nature charms , through blooming walks , Through fragrant mountains and poetic ftreams ...
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... should open to his toil The high communion of fuperior minds , Of confecrated heroes and of gods . Nor did the Sire Omnipotent forget His tender bloom to cherish ; nor withheld Cœleftial footsteps from his green abode . Oft from the ...
... should open to his toil The high communion of fuperior minds , Of confecrated heroes and of gods . Nor did the Sire Omnipotent forget His tender bloom to cherish ; nor withheld Cœleftial footsteps from his green abode . Oft from the ...
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