Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, 1. köideDavid P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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... fame . Godolphin ! thee , thee Grenville ! I'd rehearse , But tears break off my verse ! — How oft has vanquish'd Stamford backward fled ; Swift as the parted souls of those he led ! How few did his huge multitudes defeat , For most are ...
... fame . Godolphin ! thee , thee Grenville ! I'd rehearse , But tears break off my verse ! — How oft has vanquish'd Stamford backward fled ; Swift as the parted souls of those he led ! How few did his huge multitudes defeat , For most are ...
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... fame , or conscience ; and I believe many are perswaded by the first , ( of which I am one ) and some are commanded by the second . Nor is the desire of fame so vain as divers have rigidly imagined ; fame being ( when belonging to the ...
... fame , or conscience ; and I believe many are perswaded by the first , ( of which I am one ) and some are commanded by the second . Nor is the desire of fame so vain as divers have rigidly imagined ; fame being ( when belonging to the ...
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... fame ; His country's father , through whose tender care , Like a lull'd babe she slept , and knew no fear ; Who , when sh ' offended , oft would hide his eyes , Nor see , because it griev'd him to chastize . But if submission brought ...
... fame ; His country's father , through whose tender care , Like a lull'd babe she slept , and knew no fear ; Who , when sh ' offended , oft would hide his eyes , Nor see , because it griev'd him to chastize . But if submission brought ...
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