The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... train ? for with thee comes The guide , the guardian of their lovely sports , Majeftic Truth ; and where Truth deigns to come , Her fifter Liberty will not be far . Be prefent all ye Genii , who conduct The wandering footsteps of the ...
... train ? for with thee comes The guide , the guardian of their lovely sports , Majeftic Truth ; and where Truth deigns to come , Her fifter Liberty will not be far . Be prefent all ye Genii , who conduct The wandering footsteps of the ...
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... train of Phœbus and the spring . Say , why was man fo eminently rais'd Amid the vast creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye , With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the omnipotent might ...
... train of Phœbus and the spring . Say , why was man fo eminently rais'd Amid the vast creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye , With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the omnipotent might ...
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... train of Sages , Heroes , Bards , Led by their winged Genius and the choir Of laurel'd science , and harmonious art , Proceed exulting to the eternal fhrine , Where Truth confpicuous with her fifter - twins , The undivided partners of ...
... train of Sages , Heroes , Bards , Led by their winged Genius and the choir Of laurel'd science , and harmonious art , Proceed exulting to the eternal fhrine , Where Truth confpicuous with her fifter - twins , The undivided partners of ...
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... train Of penetrating science to the cells , 10 རརྦ 20 25 Where ftudious eafe confumes the filent hour In fhadowy searches and unfruitful care . Thus from their guardians torn , the tender arts Of mimic fancy and harmonious joy , 30 To ...
... train Of penetrating science to the cells , 10 རརྦ 20 25 Where ftudious eafe confumes the filent hour In fhadowy searches and unfruitful care . Thus from their guardians torn , the tender arts Of mimic fancy and harmonious joy , 30 To ...
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... train , Their long - lost friends rejoining , as of old , Embrace the smiling family of arts , The Muses and the Graces . Then no more Shall vice , distracting their delicious gifts To aims abhorr'd , with high distaste and scorn Turn ...
... train , Their long - lost friends rejoining , as of old , Embrace the smiling family of arts , The Muses and the Graces . Then no more Shall vice , distracting their delicious gifts To aims abhorr'd , with high distaste and scorn Turn ...
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