The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... King of Kings . TO BELINDA , ON HER SICKNESS AND RECOVERY . SURE never pain such beauty wore , Or look'd so amiable before ! You graces give to a disease , Adorn the pain , and make it please : Thus burning incense sheds perfumes ...
... King of Kings . TO BELINDA , ON HER SICKNESS AND RECOVERY . SURE never pain such beauty wore , Or look'd so amiable before ! You graces give to a disease , Adorn the pain , and make it please : Thus burning incense sheds perfumes ...
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... king , and terrour of the wood , The lion , from thy hand expect his food ? Stung with keen hunger from his den he comes , Ranges the plains , and o'er the forest roams : ' He snuffs the track of beasts , he fiercely roars , Doubling ...
... king , and terrour of the wood , The lion , from thy hand expect his food ? Stung with keen hunger from his den he comes , Ranges the plains , and o'er the forest roams : ' He snuffs the track of beasts , he fiercely roars , Doubling ...
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... kings , Patron and friend ! thy honour'd name At once is my defence and fame . There are , who with fond transport ... king is less illustrious than a saint : Hail , holy Virtue ! come , thou heavenly guest , Come , fix thy pleasing ...
... kings , Patron and friend ! thy honour'd name At once is my defence and fame . There are , who with fond transport ... king is less illustrious than a saint : Hail , holy Virtue ! come , thou heavenly guest , Come , fix thy pleasing ...
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... king ; Who reigns , must suffer ! crowns , with gems inlaid , At once adorn and load the royal head : Change but the scene , and kings in dust decay , Swept from the Earth , the pageants of a day ; There no distinctions on the dead ...
... king ; Who reigns , must suffer ! crowns , with gems inlaid , At once adorn and load the royal head : Change but the scene , and kings in dust decay , Swept from the Earth , the pageants of a day ; There no distinctions on the dead ...
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... kings , and heroes , seam'd with glorious scars ! Or listen till the raptur'd soul takes wings , While Plato reasons ... King ! Hail , virgin - born ! Lift , lift , ye blind , your eyes ! Sing , oh ! ye dumb ! and on ! ye dead , arise ...
... kings , and heroes , seam'd with glorious scars ! Or listen till the raptur'd soul takes wings , While Plato reasons ... King ! Hail , virgin - born ! Lift , lift , ye blind , your eyes ! Sing , oh ! ye dumb ! and on ! ye dead , arise ...
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