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Page xviii
... fing ; Except I juftly could at once commend A good Companion , and as firm a Friend . One moral , or a meer well - natur'd deed , Can all defert in Sciences exceed . " Tis great delight to laugh at some men's ways , But a much greater ...
... fing ; Except I juftly could at once commend A good Companion , and as firm a Friend . One moral , or a meer well - natur'd deed , Can all defert in Sciences exceed . " Tis great delight to laugh at some men's ways , But a much greater ...
Page xxi
... fing the greens , and opening glades , And give us Harmony as well as Shades : A Titian's hand might draw the grove , but you Can paint the grove , and add the Music too , With vast variety thy pages shine ; A new creation starts in ev ...
... fing the greens , and opening glades , And give us Harmony as well as Shades : A Titian's hand might draw the grove , but you Can paint the grove , and add the Music too , With vast variety thy pages shine ; A new creation starts in ev ...
Page xxii
... fing fo well . I in a cold , and in á barren clime , Cold as my thought , and barren as my rhime , Here on the Western beach attempt to chime . O joyless flood ! O rough tempeftuous main ! Border'd with weeds , and folitudes obfcene ...
... fing fo well . I in a cold , and in á barren clime , Cold as my thought , and barren as my rhime , Here on the Western beach attempt to chime . O joyless flood ! O rough tempeftuous main ! Border'd with weeds , and folitudes obfcene ...
Page xxiii
... fing ? Rouz'd from thefe dreams by thy commanding ftrain , I rife , and wander thro ' the field or plain ; Led by thy Mufe from sport to fport I run , Mark the ftretch'd line , or hear the thund'ring gun . 75 Ah ! how I melt with pity ...
... fing ? Rouz'd from thefe dreams by thy commanding ftrain , I rife , and wander thro ' the field or plain ; Led by thy Mufe from sport to fport I run , Mark the ftretch'd line , or hear the thund'ring gun . 75 Ah ! how I melt with pity ...
Page xxv
... fing young Peleus , and the fall of Troy . The wond'rous fong with rapture they rehearse ; Then ask who wrought that miracle of verse ? He answer'd with a frown ; " I now reveal " A truth , that Envy bids me not conceal ; Retiring ...
... fing young Peleus , and the fall of Troy . The wond'rous fong with rapture they rehearse ; Then ask who wrought that miracle of verse ? He answer'd with a frown ; " I now reveal " A truth , that Envy bids me not conceal ; Retiring ...
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