The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... lost By wintery storms , and hoary frost ! And yet how well did she sustain , And greatly triumph o'er her pain ! So flowers , when blasting winds invade , Breathe sweet , and beautifully fade . Now in her cheeks , and radiant eyes ...
... lost By wintery storms , and hoary frost ! And yet how well did she sustain , And greatly triumph o'er her pain ! So flowers , when blasting winds invade , Breathe sweet , and beautifully fade . Now in her cheeks , and radiant eyes ...
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... lost , Man seems already half a ghost ; Wither'd , and wan , to earth he bows , A walking hospital of woes . Oh ! Happiness , thou empty name ! Say , art thou bought by gold or Fame ? What art thou , Gold , but shining earth ? Thou ...
... lost , Man seems already half a ghost ; Wither'd , and wan , to earth he bows , A walking hospital of woes . Oh ! Happiness , thou empty name ! Say , art thou bought by gold or Fame ? What art thou , Gold , but shining earth ? Thou ...
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... lost his blood ! Ev'n with the grave , the haughty spoilers war , And Death's dark mansions wide disclose to air : O'er kings and saints insulting stalk , nor dread To spurn the ashes of the glorious dead . See ! the Britannic lions ...
... lost his blood ! Ev'n with the grave , the haughty spoilers war , And Death's dark mansions wide disclose to air : O'er kings and saints insulting stalk , nor dread To spurn the ashes of the glorious dead . See ! the Britannic lions ...
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... lost ; But you with speed forbid distress to grieve : He gives by halves ' , who hesitates to give . Thus , when an angel views mankind distrest , He feels compassion pleading in his breast ; Instant the heavenly guardian cleaves the ...
... lost ; But you with speed forbid distress to grieve : He gives by halves ' , who hesitates to give . Thus , when an angel views mankind distrest , He feels compassion pleading in his breast ; Instant the heavenly guardian cleaves the ...
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... lost ; O'er his smooth skin a bark of wrinkles spread , Old - age disgrac'd the honours of his head ; 4 The author translated eight books of the Odyssey . See the 16th Odyssey , ver . 186 , and 476 . Nor longer in his heavy eye - ball ...
... lost ; O'er his smooth skin a bark of wrinkles spread , Old - age disgrac'd the honours of his head ; 4 The author translated eight books of the Odyssey . See the 16th Odyssey , ver . 186 , and 476 . Nor longer in his heavy eye - ball ...
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