The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... soul : So moves the bird of Juno ; fo the steed With rival ardour beats the dufty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , even in outward shape , Where ...
... soul : So moves the bird of Juno ; fo the steed With rival ardour beats the dufty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , even in outward shape , Where ...
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... soul Difdain'd the imputation . On the ground I fix'd my eyes ; till from his airy couch He ftoop'd fublime , and touching with his hand My dazzling forehead , Raife thy fight , he cry'd , And let thy fenfe convince thy erring tongue ...
... soul Difdain'd the imputation . On the ground I fix'd my eyes ; till from his airy couch He ftoop'd fublime , and touching with his hand My dazzling forehead , Raife thy fight , he cry'd , And let thy fenfe convince thy erring tongue ...
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... soul , And starting from his languor thus exclaim'd . Then let the trial come ! and witness thou , If terror be upon me if I fhrink 605 To meet the storm , or faulter in my strength When hardeft it befets me . Do not think That I am ...
... soul , And starting from his languor thus exclaim'd . Then let the trial come ! and witness thou , If terror be upon me if I fhrink 605 To meet the storm , or faulter in my strength When hardeft it befets me . Do not think That I am ...
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... soul , Who blushing half refigns the candid praise Of temperance and honour ; half difowns A freeman's hatred of tyrannic pride ; And hears with fickly smiles the venal mouth With fouleft licence mock the patriot's name . Laft of the ...
... soul , Who blushing half refigns the candid praise Of temperance and honour ; half difowns A freeman's hatred of tyrannic pride ; And hears with fickly smiles the venal mouth With fouleft licence mock the patriot's name . Laft of the ...
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... soul For love and zealous praife . Yet indistinct , In vulgar bofoms , and unnotic'd lie These pleasing ftores , unless the casual force Of things external prompt the heedlefs mind To recognize her wealth . But fome there are Confcious ...
... soul For love and zealous praife . Yet indistinct , In vulgar bofoms , and unnotic'd lie These pleasing ftores , unless the casual force Of things external prompt the heedlefs mind To recognize her wealth . But fome there are Confcious ...
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