The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... eternal Harmony ! defcend And join this festive train ? for with thee comes The guide , the guardian of their lovely sports , Majeftic Truth ; and where Truth deigns to come , Her fifter Liberty will not be far . Be prefent all ye Genii ...
... eternal Harmony ! defcend And join this festive train ? for with thee comes The guide , the guardian of their lovely sports , Majeftic Truth ; and where Truth deigns to come , Her fifter Liberty will not be far . Be prefent all ye Genii ...
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... eternal of created things ; 65 The radiant fun , the moon's nocturnal lamp , The mountains , woods , and ftreams , the rowling globe , And wifdom's mien celeftial . From the firft Of days , on them his love divine he fix'd , His ...
... eternal of created things ; 65 The radiant fun , the moon's nocturnal lamp , The mountains , woods , and ftreams , the rowling globe , And wifdom's mien celeftial . From the firft Of days , on them his love divine he fix'd , His ...
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... eternal joy . For as old Memnon's image , long renown'd By fabling Nilus , to the quivering touch Of Titan's ray , with each repulsive string Confenting , founded through the warbling air Unbidden ftrains ; even fo did nature's hand To ...
... eternal joy . For as old Memnon's image , long renown'd By fabling Nilus , to the quivering touch Of Titan's ray , with each repulsive string Confenting , founded through the warbling air Unbidden ftrains ; even fo did nature's hand To ...
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... eternal depth below ; Till half recoiling , down the headlong fteep . She plunges ; foon o'erwhelm'd and swallow'd up 210 In that immenfe of being . There her hopes Reft at the fated goal . For from the birth Of mortal man , the Sovran ...
... eternal depth below ; Till half recoiling , down the headlong fteep . She plunges ; foon o'erwhelm'd and swallow'd up 210 In that immenfe of being . There her hopes Reft at the fated goal . For from the birth Of mortal man , the Sovran ...
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... eternal . Though the poisonous charms Of baleful fuperftition guide the feet Of fervile numbers , through a dreary way 390 To their abode , through defarts , thorns , and mire ; And leave the wretched pilgrim all forlorn To mufe at laft ...
... eternal . Though the poisonous charms Of baleful fuperftition guide the feet Of fervile numbers , through a dreary way 390 To their abode , through defarts , thorns , and mire ; And leave the wretched pilgrim all forlorn To mufe at laft ...
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