Poetical Works, to which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J.Woodward, 1836 |
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Page xi
... mortal eye ; Stretch'd in their tents the Grecian leaders lie ; Th ' Immortals slumber'd on their thrones above , All but the ever - watchful eye of Jove . To honour Thetis ' son he bends his care , And plunge the Greeks in all the woes ...
... mortal eye ; Stretch'd in their tents the Grecian leaders lie ; Th ' Immortals slumber'd on their thrones above , All but the ever - watchful eye of Jove . To honour Thetis ' son he bends his care , And plunge the Greeks in all the woes ...
Page xl
... mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant on his doom , Pensive has follow'd to the silent tomb , Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore , Not parted long , and now to part no more ! Go , then , where only bliss ...
... mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant on his doom , Pensive has follow'd to the silent tomb , Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore , Not parted long , and now to part no more ! Go , then , where only bliss ...
Page xli
... mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON EDMUND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 If modest youth , with cool reflection crown'd , And every ...
... mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON EDMUND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 If modest youth , with cool reflection crown'd , And every ...
Page 53
... mortal passion still , Might change Olympus for a nobler hill . Happy the man whom this bright court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom ...
... mortal passion still , Might change Olympus for a nobler hill . Happy the man whom this bright court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom ...
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... mortal may enjoy the most intimate familjarities with these gentle spirits , upon a condition very easy to all true adepts - an inviolate preservation of chas- tity . As to the following cantos , all the passages of them 730 are as ...
... mortal may enjoy the most intimate familjarities with these gentle spirits , upon a condition very easy to all true adepts - an inviolate preservation of chas- tity . As to the following cantos , all the passages of them 730 are as ...
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