The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... passion and of sense , And through the toffing tide of chance and pain , To hold his course unfaultering , while the voice Of truth and virtue , up the steep ascent Of nature , calls him to his high reward , 150 155 169 165 The ...
... passion and of sense , And through the toffing tide of chance and pain , To hold his course unfaultering , while the voice Of truth and virtue , up the steep ascent Of nature , calls him to his high reward , 150 155 169 165 The ...
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... passion thus to man Adminifter delight ? That name indeed Becomes the rofy breath of love ; becomes The radiant smiles of joy , the applauding hand Of admiration : but the bitter shower 170 That forrow sheds upon a brother's grave ...
... passion thus to man Adminifter delight ? That name indeed Becomes the rofy breath of love ; becomes The radiant smiles of joy , the applauding hand Of admiration : but the bitter shower 170 That forrow sheds upon a brother's grave ...
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... passions mov'd , The labors which to virtue stand approv'd , Prompt with a lover's fondness to furvey ; Yet , where injuftice works her wilful claim , Fierce as the flight of Jove's destroying flame , Impatient to confront , and ...
... passions mov'd , The labors which to virtue stand approv'd , Prompt with a lover's fondness to furvey ; Yet , where injuftice works her wilful claim , Fierce as the flight of Jove's destroying flame , Impatient to confront , and ...
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... passions bind ! Ye fhades immortal , who , by Freedom led , Or in the field , or on the fcaffold bled , Bend from your radiant feats a joyful eye , And view the crown of all your labours nigh . See Freedom mounting her eternal throne ...
... passions bind ! Ye fhades immortal , who , by Freedom led , Or in the field , or on the fcaffold bled , Bend from your radiant feats a joyful eye , And view the crown of all your labours nigh . See Freedom mounting her eternal throne ...
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