The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... eyes , And lovelier from her ashes rise : Thus roses , when the storm is o'er , Draw beauties from th ' inclement shower . Welcome , ye Hours ! which thus repay What envious Sickness stole away ! Welcome as those which kindly bring ...
... eyes , And lovelier from her ashes rise : Thus roses , when the storm is o'er , Draw beauties from th ' inclement shower . Welcome , ye Hours ! which thus repay What envious Sickness stole away ! Welcome as those which kindly bring ...
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... eyes , and round beholds A thousand fires blaze dreadful ; through his ear Passes the direful symphony of war , Of fife , or pipe , and the loud hum of hosts Strikes him dismay'd : now o'er the Grecian tents Rends the fair curl in ...
... eyes , and round beholds A thousand fires blaze dreadful ; through his ear Passes the direful symphony of war , Of fife , or pipe , and the loud hum of hosts Strikes him dismay'd : now o'er the Grecian tents Rends the fair curl in ...
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... eyes ; Now twists his spires , and now unfurls The gay confusion of his curls . 7 Oh ! happy on your breast to lie , As that bright star that gilds the sky , Who , ceasing in the spheres to shine , Would , for your breast , his Heaven ...
... eyes ; Now twists his spires , and now unfurls The gay confusion of his curls . 7 Oh ! happy on your breast to lie , As that bright star that gilds the sky , Who , ceasing in the spheres to shine , Would , for your breast , his Heaven ...
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... eyes proclaim thee not her son ; Thence all the lightning of thy mother's flies , A Cupid grac'd with Cytheræa's eyes ! Yet ah ! how short a date the Powers decree To that bright frame of beauties , and to thee ! Pass a few days , and ...
... eyes proclaim thee not her son ; Thence all the lightning of thy mother's flies , A Cupid grac'd with Cytheræa's eyes ! Yet ah ! how short a date the Powers decree To that bright frame of beauties , and to thee ! Pass a few days , and ...
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... eyes forget to shine ! While thousands weeping round , with sighs survey What once was younow only beauteous clay ! Ev'n from the canvass shall thy image fade , And thou re - perish in thy perish'd shade : Then may this verse to future ...
... eyes forget to shine ! While thousands weeping round , with sighs survey What once was younow only beauteous clay ! Ev'n from the canvass shall thy image fade , And thou re - perish in thy perish'd shade : Then may this verse to future ...
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Adrastus ancient Bavius beauty behold beneath blest breast breath bright Britons charms clouds courser critics Cynthus death deep delight dreadful Dulness Dunciad Earth edition Essay on Criticism Ev'n eyes fair fame fate fire flame flood fools genius glory goddess grace Greece groves hand happy heart Heaven hero Homer honour Iliad Jove king labour live lord lord Bolingbroke lyre mankind mighty mind mortal Muse Nature never night numbers nymph o'er once passion peace plain pleas'd poem poet Pope praise pride proud racter rage reign rise Rome round sacred Sappho satire scene shade shine shore sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spring streams sweet swell Swift tears tempest thee thine thou thought thunder toil trembling truth verse Virgil virgin virtue waves wild winds wings youth