The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... night 60 The moon fufpended her ferener lamp ; Ere mountains , woods , or ftreams , adorn'd the globe , Or wisdom taught the fons of men her lore ; Then liv'd the almighty One : then , deep - retir'd In his unfathom'd effence , view'd ...
... night 60 The moon fufpended her ferener lamp ; Ere mountains , woods , or ftreams , adorn'd the globe , Or wisdom taught the fons of men her lore ; Then liv'd the almighty One : then , deep - retir'd In his unfathom'd effence , view'd ...
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... night The village - matron , round the blazing hearth , Sufpends the infant - audience with her tales , Breathing aftonishment ! of witching rhymes , And evil spirits ; of the death - bed call 240 245 250 255 Of him who robb'd the widow ...
... night The village - matron , round the blazing hearth , Sufpends the infant - audience with her tales , Breathing aftonishment ! of witching rhymes , And evil spirits ; of the death - bed call 240 245 250 255 Of him who robb'd the widow ...
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... shall we behold The tuneful tongue , the Promethean hand , Afpire to ancient praise ? Alas ! how faint , How flow , the dawn of beauty and of truth 5 Breaks Breaks the reluctant shades of Gothic night Which yet involve € 34 1.
... shall we behold The tuneful tongue , the Promethean hand , Afpire to ancient praise ? Alas ! how faint , How flow , the dawn of beauty and of truth 5 Breaks Breaks the reluctant shades of Gothic night Which yet involve € 34 1.
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... night . As long immur'd In noon - tide darkness by the glimmering lamp , Each Mufe and each fair fcience pin'd away The fordid hours : while foul , barbarian hands Their mysteries profan'd , unftrung the lyre , And chain'd the foaring ...
... night . As long immur'd In noon - tide darkness by the glimmering lamp , Each Mufe and each fair fcience pin'd away The fordid hours : while foul , barbarian hands Their mysteries profan'd , unftrung the lyre , And chain'd the foaring ...
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... night of fhade ? What ? like a ftorm from their capacious bed The founding feas o'erwhelming , when the might Of thefe eruptions , working from the depth Of man's strong apprehenfion , fhakes his frame Even to the bafe ; from every ...
... night of fhade ? What ? like a ftorm from their capacious bed The founding feas o'erwhelming , when the might Of thefe eruptions , working from the depth Of man's strong apprehenfion , fhakes his frame Even to the bafe ; from every ...
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