Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, JohnsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... strain , Or sung like Pope , without a word in vain , Then should I hope my numbers might cont tain , Engaging nymph , thy boundless happiness , How arduous to express ! Such may it last to all eternity : And may thy lord with thee ...
... strain , Or sung like Pope , without a word in vain , Then should I hope my numbers might cont tain , Engaging nymph , thy boundless happiness , How arduous to express ! Such may it last to all eternity : And may thy lord with thee ...
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... strain He thus accosts the mistress of the main : By the bright beams of Cynthia's eyes Thro ' which your waves attracted rise , And actuate the hoary deep ; By the secret coral cell , Where love , and joy , and Neptune dwell And ...
... strain He thus accosts the mistress of the main : By the bright beams of Cynthia's eyes Thro ' which your waves attracted rise , And actuate the hoary deep ; By the secret coral cell , Where love , and joy , and Neptune dwell And ...
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... strains along , As from the lion Sampson flew , Comes sweetness from the strong . Not like the soft Italian swains , He trills the weak enervate strains , Where sense and music are at strife ; His vigorous notes with meaning teem , With ...
... strains along , As from the lion Sampson flew , Comes sweetness from the strong . Not like the soft Italian swains , He trills the weak enervate strains , Where sense and music are at strife ; His vigorous notes with meaning teem , With ...
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... strain ) Perhaps wrapt up in contemplation deep , The best of beings on the noblest theme Might ruminate at leisure , scope immense Th ' eternal Pow'r and Godhead to explore , And with itself th ' omniscient mind replete . This were ...
... strain ) Perhaps wrapt up in contemplation deep , The best of beings on the noblest theme Might ruminate at leisure , scope immense Th ' eternal Pow'r and Godhead to explore , And with itself th ' omniscient mind replete . This were ...
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... strain , And many a grievous groan subdued , at length Up the huge hill she hardly heaves it home : Nor rests she here her providence , but nips With subtle tooth the grain , lest from her garner In mischievous fertility it steal , And ...
... strain , And many a grievous groan subdued , at length Up the huge hill she hardly heaves it home : Nor rests she here her providence , but nips With subtle tooth the grain , lest from her garner In mischievous fertility it steal , And ...
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