The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... heart , A trembling horrour shoots through every part ; My nodding frame can scarce sustain Th ' oppressive load I ... hearts must bleed ! Brighter from her disease she shines , As fire the precious gold retines . Thus when the silent ...
... heart , A trembling horrour shoots through every part ; My nodding frame can scarce sustain Th ' oppressive load I ... hearts must bleed ! Brighter from her disease she shines , As fire the precious gold retines . Thus when the silent ...
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... heart - felt raptures rise , As , when they sing , suspended hold the skies : Or , nobly rising in fair Virtue's cause , From thy own life transcribe th ' unerring laws ; Teach a bad world beneath her sway to bend , To verse like thine ...
... heart - felt raptures rise , As , when they sing , suspended hold the skies : Or , nobly rising in fair Virtue's cause , From thy own life transcribe th ' unerring laws ; Teach a bad world beneath her sway to bend , To verse like thine ...
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... heart The noblest prize ! and at the social feast Amongst the great , be his the seat of Fame . " Abash'd they sate , and ev'n the brave knew fear . Not so Tydides : unappall'd he rose , And nobly spoke ! " My soul ! Oh ! reverend sage ...
... heart The noblest prize ! and at the social feast Amongst the great , be his the seat of Fame . " Abash'd they sate , and ev'n the brave knew fear . Not so Tydides : unappall'd he rose , And nobly spoke ! " My soul ! Oh ! reverend sage ...
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... hearts as hers in your Belindas . But then some say you purchase fame , And gain that envy'd prize , a name ; Great ... heart engage , Who blooms like youth , is wise like age Thus the rich orange - trees produce At once both ornament ...
... hearts as hers in your Belindas . But then some say you purchase fame , And gain that envy'd prize , a name ; Great ... heart engage , Who blooms like youth , is wise like age Thus the rich orange - trees produce At once both ornament ...
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... hearts are offer'd by the dozen : Oh ! born above your sex to ris " , With youth , wealth , beauty , titles - wise ! O ... heart , that thou might'st safely show Thy inmost bosom to thy basest foe : Careless of wealth , thy bliss a calmn ...
... hearts are offer'd by the dozen : Oh ! born above your sex to ris " , With youth , wealth , beauty , titles - wise ! O ... heart , that thou might'st safely show Thy inmost bosom to thy basest foe : Careless of wealth , thy bliss a calmn ...
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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