The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... smile of heaven ? Elfe wherefore burns In mortal bofoms this unquenched hope ,. That breathes from day to day fublimer things , And mocks poffeffion ? wherefore darts the mind , With fuch refiftless ardour to embrace 170 Majestic forms ...
... smile of heaven ? Elfe wherefore burns In mortal bofoms this unquenched hope ,. That breathes from day to day fublimer things , And mocks poffeffion ? wherefore darts the mind , With fuch refiftless ardour to embrace 170 Majestic forms ...
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... smiles and pleasures fweet as love , 320 With fanctity and wisdom , tempering blend Their foft allurement . Then the pleasing force Of nature , and her kind parental care Worthier I'd fing : then all the enamour'd youth , With each ...
... smiles and pleasures fweet as love , 320 With fanctity and wisdom , tempering blend Their foft allurement . Then the pleasing force Of nature , and her kind parental care Worthier I'd fing : then all the enamour'd youth , With each ...
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... smiles with verdure , the clear tract 365 Of ftreams delicious to the thirsty foul , The bloom of nectar'd fruitage ripe to fenfe , And every charm of animated things , Are only pledges of a ftate fincere , The integrity and order of ...
... smiles with verdure , the clear tract 365 Of ftreams delicious to the thirsty foul , The bloom of nectar'd fruitage ripe to fenfe , And every charm of animated things , Are only pledges of a ftate fincere , The integrity and order of ...
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... smile .. It now remains , Through various being's fair - proportion'd fcale ,. To trace the rifing luftre of her charms , 420 % 425 430 4355 440 From their first twilight , fhining forth at length 445 To full meridian fplendour . Of ...
... smile .. It now remains , Through various being's fair - proportion'd fcale ,. To trace the rifing luftre of her charms , 420 % 425 430 4355 440 From their first twilight , fhining forth at length 445 To full meridian fplendour . Of ...
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... smiles of joy , the applauding hand Of admiration : but the bitter shower 170 That forrow sheds upon a brother's grave , # But the dumb palfy of nocturnal fear , Or those confuming fires that gnaw the heart Of panting indignation , find ...
... smiles of joy , the applauding hand Of admiration : but the bitter shower 170 That forrow sheds upon a brother's grave , # But the dumb palfy of nocturnal fear , Or those confuming fires that gnaw the heart Of panting indignation , find ...
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