The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... Virtue ! come , thou heavenly guest , Come , fix thy pleasing empire in my breast ! Thou know'st her influence , friend ! thy chearful Proclaims the innocence and peace within ; [ mien Such joys as none but sons of Virtue know , Shine ...
... Virtue ! come , thou heavenly guest , Come , fix thy pleasing empire in my breast ! Thou know'st her influence , friend ! thy chearful Proclaims the innocence and peace within ; [ mien Such joys as none but sons of Virtue know , Shine ...
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... virtue to subdue the thirst of gold ! The shining dirt the sordid wretch ensnares To buy , with mighty treasures , mighty cares ; Blindly he courts , misguided by the will , A specious good , and meets a real ili : So when Ulysses ...
... virtue to subdue the thirst of gold ! The shining dirt the sordid wretch ensnares To buy , with mighty treasures , mighty cares ; Blindly he courts , misguided by the will , A specious good , and meets a real ili : So when Ulysses ...
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... Virtue your protection claim ; Give tears to Beauty , give to Virtue fame . TO MR . A. POPE , WHO CORRECTED MY VERSES . Ir e'er my humble Muse melodious sings , ' Tis when you animate and tune her strings ; If e'er she mounts , ' tis ...
... Virtue your protection claim ; Give tears to Beauty , give to Virtue fame . TO MR . A. POPE , WHO CORRECTED MY VERSES . Ir e'er my humble Muse melodious sings , ' Tis when you animate and tune her strings ; If e'er she mounts , ' tis ...
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... Virtue , who for Virtue bled ? Or joins in concert with angelic choirs , Where hymning seraphs sound their golden lyres , Where raptur'd sain's unfading crowns inwreath , Triumphant o'er the World , o'er Sin , and Death O may the ...
... Virtue , who for Virtue bled ? Or joins in concert with angelic choirs , Where hymning seraphs sound their golden lyres , Where raptur'd sain's unfading crowns inwreath , Triumphant o'er the World , o'er Sin , and Death O may the ...
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... virtue to betray , She waits the dawn , and calls the lazy day : Time seems to stand , or backward drive his wheels : The hours she chides , and eyes the eastern hills : At length the dawn with orient beams appears , The shades disperse ...
... virtue to betray , She waits the dawn , and calls the lazy day : Time seems to stand , or backward drive his wheels : The hours she chides , and eyes the eastern hills : At length the dawn with orient beams appears , The shades disperse ...
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