The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... lefs obfcure ; for these may man enquire . Say , thou great clofe of human hopes and fears ! Great key of hearts ! great finisher of fates ! 285 Great end ! and great beginning ! fay , Where art thou ? Art thou in time , or in eternity ...
... lefs obfcure ; for these may man enquire . Say , thou great clofe of human hopes and fears ! Great key of hearts ! great finisher of fates ! 285 Great end ! and great beginning ! fay , Where art thou ? Art thou in time , or in eternity ...
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... lefs , Than I of thee . — And art thou still unfung , Beneath whofe brow , and by whose aid , I fing ? Immortal filence ! where fhall I begin ? Where end ? Or how steal mufic from the spheres , To footh their goddess ? . 550 O majestic ...
... lefs , Than I of thee . — And art thou still unfung , Beneath whofe brow , and by whose aid , I fing ? Immortal filence ! where fhall I begin ? Where end ? Or how steal mufic from the spheres , To footh their goddess ? . 550 O majestic ...
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... lefs miraculous , than what His hand has form'd ? Shall myfteries defcend From un - myfterious ? Things more elevate , Be more familiar ? Uncreated lie 830 More obvious than Created , to the grafp Of human thought ? The more of ...
... lefs miraculous , than what His hand has form'd ? Shall myfteries defcend From un - myfterious ? Things more elevate , Be more familiar ? Uncreated lie 830 More obvious than Created , to the grafp Of human thought ? The more of ...
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... lefs in Art . - Vain Art ! Thou pigmy power ! How doft thou swell and ftrut , with human pride , To fhew thy littleness ! What childish toys , " Thy watery columns squirted to the clouds ! Thy bafon'd rivers , and imprison'd feas ...
... lefs in Art . - Vain Art ! Thou pigmy power ! How doft thou swell and ftrut , with human pride , To fhew thy littleness ! What childish toys , " Thy watery columns squirted to the clouds ! Thy bafon'd rivers , and imprison'd feas ...
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... Lefs , as Greater is our Light . How monftrous This in Morals ! Scarce more ftrange 995 ' Would this Phænomenon in nature ftrike , A Sun , that froze her , or a Star , that warm'd . What taught these heroes of the moral world ? To thefe ...
... Lefs , as Greater is our Light . How monftrous This in Morals ! Scarce more ftrange 995 ' Would this Phænomenon in nature ftrike , A Sun , that froze her , or a Star , that warm'd . What taught these heroes of the moral world ? To thefe ...
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