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Page xxvi
... Thou fhould't not fail of numbers worthy thine ; The brightest Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself wou'd own thou dost excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself ...
... Thou fhould't not fail of numbers worthy thine ; The brightest Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself wou'd own thou dost excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself ...
Page xxvii
... thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , Thinks he deferves , and thou deferv'it the Prize . Rapt with the thought , my fancy feeks the plains , And turns me fhepherd while I hear the strains . Indulgent nurse ...
... thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , Thinks he deferves , and thou deferv'it the Prize . Rapt with the thought , my fancy feeks the plains , And turns me fhepherd while I hear the strains . Indulgent nurse ...
Page xxix
... th ' expanded sky Blaze in one flame , fhalt thou and Homer die : Then fink together , in the world's last fires , What heav'n created , and what heav'n inspires . in 5 10 If If aught on earth , when once this breath is ( xxix )
... th ' expanded sky Blaze in one flame , fhalt thou and Homer die : Then fink together , in the world's last fires , What heav'n created , and what heav'n inspires . in 5 10 If If aught on earth , when once this breath is ( xxix )
Page xxxiii
... thou chuse , What laurell'd Arch for thy triumphant Mufe ? Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his fhrine , Tho ' ev'ry Laurel thro ' the dome be thine , ( From the proud Epic , down to those that shade The gentler brow of the foft ...
... thou chuse , What laurell'd Arch for thy triumphant Mufe ? Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his fhrine , Tho ' ev'ry Laurel thro ' the dome be thine , ( From the proud Epic , down to those that shade The gentler brow of the foft ...
Page xxxvi
... thou shalt breathe thy happy native air , To Pope this message from his Master bear : Great Bard , whose numbers I my self inspire , To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre , If high exalted on the Throne of Wit , Near Me and Homer thou ...
... thou shalt breathe thy happy native air , To Pope this message from his Master bear : Great Bard , whose numbers I my self inspire , To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre , If high exalted on the Throne of Wit , Near Me and Homer thou ...
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