The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... fate affords , And chaunts his fonnet to deceive the time , Till the due feafon calls him to repose : Thus I , long - travel'd in the ways of men , And dancing , with the reft , the giddy maze , Where disappointment fmiles at hope's ...
... fate affords , And chaunts his fonnet to deceive the time , Till the due feafon calls him to repose : Thus I , long - travel'd in the ways of men , And dancing , with the reft , the giddy maze , Where disappointment fmiles at hope's ...
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... fate deploring , to forget our own ! What all the pomps and triumphs of our lives , But legacies in blossom ? Our lean foil , Luxuriant grown , and rank in vanities , From friends interr'd beneath ; a rich manure ! Like other worms , we ...
... fate deploring , to forget our own ! What all the pomps and triumphs of our lives , But legacies in blossom ? Our lean foil , Luxuriant grown , and rank in vanities , From friends interr'd beneath ; a rich manure ! Like other worms , we ...
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... fate of nature ; as for man , her birth . Earth's actors change earth's tranfitory scenes , And make creation groan with human guilt . How muft it groan , in a new deluge whelm'd , But not of waters ! at the deftin'd hour , By the loud ...
... fate of nature ; as for man , her birth . Earth's actors change earth's tranfitory scenes , And make creation groan with human guilt . How muft it groan , in a new deluge whelm'd , But not of waters ! at the deftin'd hour , By the loud ...
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... fate , whofe final fate , Hangs on that hour , exclude it from his thought ? I think of nothing else ; I fee ! I feel it ! All nature , like an earthquake , trembling round ! 265 All Deities , like fummer's fwarms , on wing ! All ...
... fate , whofe final fate , Hangs on that hour , exclude it from his thought ? I think of nothing else ; I fee ! I feel it ! All nature , like an earthquake , trembling round ! 265 All Deities , like fummer's fwarms , on wing ! All ...
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... fates ! 285 Great end ! and great beginning ! fay , Where art thou ? Art thou in time , or in eternity ? Nor in eternity , nor time , I find thee . 295 These , as two monarchs , on their borders meet , ( Monarchs of all elaps'd , or ...
... fates ! 285 Great end ! and great beginning ! fay , Where art thou ? Art thou in time , or in eternity ? Nor in eternity , nor time , I find thee . 295 These , as two monarchs , on their borders meet , ( Monarchs of all elaps'd , or ...
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