The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... sacred leaves ' , with loftier themes , With opening Heavens , and angels rob'd in flames : Ye restless passions , while I read , be aw'd : Hail , ye mysterious oracles of God ! Here I behold how infant Time began , How the dust mov'd ...
... sacred leaves ' , with loftier themes , With opening Heavens , and angels rob'd in flames : Ye restless passions , while I read , be aw'd : Hail , ye mysterious oracles of God ! Here I behold how infant Time began , How the dust mov'd ...
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... sacred lyre Jarr'd grating discord , all extinct his fire ! This you beheld ; and , taught by Heaven to sing , Call'd the loud music from the sounding string . Now wak'd from slumbers of three thousand years , Once more Achilles in ...
... sacred lyre Jarr'd grating discord , all extinct his fire ! This you beheld ; and , taught by Heaven to sing , Call'd the loud music from the sounding string . Now wak'd from slumbers of three thousand years , Once more Achilles in ...
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... sacred lyre , Or deign'd to touch thy hallow'd lips with fire ? For sure such sounds exalt th ' immortal string , As Heaven approves , and raptur'd angels sing . Ah ! how I listen , while the mortal lay Lifts me from Earth above the ...
... sacred lyre , Or deign'd to touch thy hallow'd lips with fire ? For sure such sounds exalt th ' immortal string , As Heaven approves , and raptur'd angels sing . Ah ! how I listen , while the mortal lay Lifts me from Earth above the ...
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... sacred guest ! How oft his soul with heavenly manna fed ! His faith enliven'd , while his sin lay dead ! While listening angels heard such raptures rise , As , when they hymn th ' Almighty , charm the skies ! But where , now where ...
... sacred guest ! How oft his soul with heavenly manna fed ! His faith enliven'd , while his sin lay dead ! While listening angels heard such raptures rise , As , when they hymn th ' Almighty , charm the skies ! But where , now where ...
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... sacred place , By the illustrious authors of thy race ; By Jove , to whom the stranger's cause belongs , To whom the suppliant , and who feels the wrongs ; O guard me , save me , in the needful hour ! Without thy aid , ' thy Jason is no ...
... sacred place , By the illustrious authors of thy race ; By Jove , to whom the stranger's cause belongs , To whom the suppliant , and who feels the wrongs ; O guard me , save me , in the needful hour ! Without thy aid , ' thy Jason is no ...
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