The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... mighty void the dry ; Earth repoffeffes part of what fhe gave , And the freed spirit mounts on wings of fire ; Each element partakes our scatter'd spoils ; As nature , wide , our ruins spread : ' man's death 75 80 85 90 95 100 Inhabits ...
... mighty void the dry ; Earth repoffeffes part of what fhe gave , And the freed spirit mounts on wings of fire ; Each element partakes our scatter'd spoils ; As nature , wide , our ruins spread : ' man's death 75 80 85 90 95 100 Inhabits ...
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... mighty fhadow : oozy wreath And difmal fea - weed crown her ; o'er her urn Reclin'd , fhe weeps her defolated realms , And bloated fons ; and , weeping , prophefies Another's diffolution , foon , in flames . But , like Caffandra ...
... mighty fhadow : oozy wreath And difmal fea - weed crown her ; o'er her urn Reclin'd , fhe weeps her defolated realms , And bloated fons ; and , weeping , prophefies Another's diffolution , foon , in flames . But , like Caffandra ...
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... mighty dramatist's last act ( As meet ) in glory rifing o'er the reft . No fancy'd God , a God indeed , defcends , To folve all knots ; to strike the moral home ; To throw full day on darkest scenes of time ; 350 355 360 To clear ...
... mighty dramatist's last act ( As meet ) in glory rifing o'er the reft . No fancy'd God , a God indeed , defcends , To folve all knots ; to strike the moral home ; To throw full day on darkest scenes of time ; 350 355 360 To clear ...
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... Mighty Mind ! Not that alone which folaces , and shines , The rough and gloomy , challenges our praise . The winter is as needful as the Spring ; The thunder , as the fun ; a ftagnate mafs Of vapours breeds a peftilential air : Nor more ...
... Mighty Mind ! Not that alone which folaces , and shines , The rough and gloomy , challenges our praise . The winter is as needful as the Spring ; The thunder , as the fun ; a ftagnate mafs Of vapours breeds a peftilential air : Nor more ...
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... mighty debt To be discharg'd : these thoughts , O Night ! are thine From thee they came , like lovers ' fecret fighs , While others flept . So Cynthia ( poets feign ) In fhadows veil'd , foft - fliding from her sphere , Her fhepherd ...
... mighty debt To be discharg'd : these thoughts , O Night ! are thine From thee they came , like lovers ' fecret fighs , While others flept . So Cynthia ( poets feign ) In fhadows veil'd , foft - fliding from her sphere , Her fhepherd ...
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