The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... fate's unbroken chain , And will's quick impulfe : others by the hand She led o'er vales and mountains , to explore What healing virtue fwells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers ; or what the beams of morn Draw forth , diftilling ...
... fate's unbroken chain , And will's quick impulfe : others by the hand She led o'er vales and mountains , to explore What healing virtue fwells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers ; or what the beams of morn Draw forth , diftilling ...
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... fate ; or whether fuck For founds of triumph , to proclaim her toils Upon the lofty fúmmit , round her brow To twine the wreath of incorruptive praise ; To trace her hallow'd light through future worlds , And blefs Heaven's image in the ...
... fate ; or whether fuck For founds of triumph , to proclaim her toils Upon the lofty fúmmit , round her brow To twine the wreath of incorruptive praise ; To trace her hallow'd light through future worlds , And blefs Heaven's image in the ...
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... fate , Amid the croud of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending , like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder , call'd aloud On Tully's name , and fhook his crimson fteel , And bade the father of his country , hail ! 490 495 ...
... fate , Amid the croud of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending , like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder , call'd aloud On Tully's name , and fhook his crimson fteel , And bade the father of his country , hail ! 490 495 ...
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... fate , That hour , O long belov'd and long deplor'd ! When blooming youth , nor gentlest wisdom's arts , Nor Hymen's honours gather'd for thy brow , Nor all thy lover's , all thy father's tears Avail'd to snatch thee from the cruel ...
... fate , That hour , O long belov'd and long deplor'd ! When blooming youth , nor gentlest wisdom's arts , Nor Hymen's honours gather'd for thy brow , Nor all thy lover's , all thy father's tears Avail'd to snatch thee from the cruel ...
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... fate , Which I reveal'd before thee ? and thy eyes , Impatient of my counfels , turn away To drink the soft effufion of her smiles ? Know then , for this the everlasting fire Deprives thee of her prefence , and inftead , O wife and ...
... fate , Which I reveal'd before thee ? and thy eyes , Impatient of my counfels , turn away To drink the soft effufion of her smiles ? Know then , for this the everlasting fire Deprives thee of her prefence , and inftead , O wife and ...
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