The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... tongue , confeffes ; the fublime , The wonderful , the fair . I fee them dawn ! I fee the radiant vilions , where they rise , C 145 More More lovely than when Lucifer displays His beaming forehead through PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book ...
... tongue , confeffes ; the fublime , The wonderful , the fair . I fee them dawn ! I fee the radiant vilions , where they rise , C 145 More More lovely than when Lucifer displays His beaming forehead through PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book ...
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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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... and the luft Of lawless courts , their amiable toil For three inglorious ages have refign'd , In vain reluctant ; and Torquato's tongue D 2 35 Was Was tun'd for flavish peans at the throne Of tinfel PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book II . 35.
... and the luft Of lawless courts , their amiable toil For three inglorious ages have refign'd , In vain reluctant ; and Torquato's tongue D 2 35 Was Was tun'd for flavish peans at the throne Of tinfel PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book II . 35.
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... tongue . Nor ever yet , The melting rainbow's vernal - tinctur'd hues To me have shone so pleasing , as when first The hand of fcience pointed out the path .. In which the fun - beams gleaming from the west . Fall on the watery cloud ...
... tongue . Nor ever yet , The melting rainbow's vernal - tinctur'd hues To me have shone so pleasing , as when first The hand of fcience pointed out the path .. In which the fun - beams gleaming from the west . Fall on the watery cloud ...
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... tongue 17 ! The unalter'd will of heaven with faithful awe Reveals ; what old Harmodius wont to teach My early age ; Harmodius , who had weigh'd Within his learned mind whate'er the schools Of Wisdom , or thy lonely - whifpering voice ...
... tongue 17 ! The unalter'd will of heaven with faithful awe Reveals ; what old Harmodius wont to teach My early age ; Harmodius , who had weigh'd Within his learned mind whate'er the schools Of Wisdom , or thy lonely - whifpering voice ...
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