The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... tears . But fome , to higher hopes Were deftin'd ; fome within a finer mould She wrought , and temper'd with a purer flame . To these the Sire Omnipotent unfolds The world's harmonious volume , there to read The transcript of himself ...
... tears . But fome , to higher hopes Were deftin'd ; fome within a finer mould She wrought , and temper'd with a purer flame . To these the Sire Omnipotent unfolds The world's harmonious volume , there to read The transcript of himself ...
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... As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others woes ? 500 505 Or Or the mild majefty of private life , Where peace PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 29.
... As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others woes ? 500 505 Or Or the mild majefty of private life , Where peace PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 29.
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... tears Avail'd to snatch thee from the cruel grave ; Thy agonizing looks , thy laft farewel Struck to the inmoft feeling of my As with the hand of death . foul At once the shade More horrid nodded o'er me , and the winds 185 190 195 200 ...
... tears Avail'd to snatch thee from the cruel grave ; Thy agonizing looks , thy laft farewel Struck to the inmoft feeling of my As with the hand of death . foul At once the shade More horrid nodded o'er me , and the winds 185 190 195 200 ...
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... tears , and bellowing loud he shook 515 The void with horror . Silent by His fide The virgin came . No difcompofure ftirr'd Her features . From the glooms which hung around No stain of darkness mingled with the beam Of her divine ...
... tears , and bellowing loud he shook 515 The void with horror . Silent by His fide The virgin came . No difcompofure ftirr'd Her features . From the glooms which hung around No stain of darkness mingled with the beam Of her divine ...
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... tears ? O he will tell thee , that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er feduce his bofom to forego That facred hour , when , stealing from the noise 690 Of care and envy , fweet remembrance fooths With Virtue's kindest looks his aking ...
... tears ? O he will tell thee , that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er feduce his bofom to forego That facred hour , when , stealing from the noise 690 Of care and envy , fweet remembrance fooths With Virtue's kindest looks his aking ...
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