Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... train , Nor envy , Windfor ! fince thy fhades have seen As bright a Goddess , and as chafte a Queen ; Whofe care , like hers , protects the fylvan reign , The earth's fair light , and emprefs of the main . Here , as old bards have fung ...
... train , Nor envy , Windfor ! fince thy fhades have seen As bright a Goddess , and as chafte a Queen ; Whofe care , like hers , protects the fylvan reign , The earth's fair light , and emprefs of the main . Here , as old bards have fung ...
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... Thames fhe calls for aid , Nor could Diana help her injur'd maid . Faint , breathlefs , thus fhe pray'd , nor pray'd in vain ; Ah Cynthia ! ah - tho ' banifh'd from thy train , as Lea " Let me , O let me , to the and TRANSLATIONS . 15.
... Thames fhe calls for aid , Nor could Diana help her injur'd maid . Faint , breathlefs , thus fhe pray'd , nor pray'd in vain ; Ah Cynthia ! ah - tho ' banifh'd from thy train , as Lea " Let me , O let me , to the and TRANSLATIONS . 15.
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... Henry Howard E. of Surrey , one of the first refiners of the English Poetry ; who flourished in the time of Henry VIIL Edward III . born here . Let Let fofter trains ill - fated * Henry mourn , 20 Mifcellaneous POEMS.
... Henry Howard E. of Surrey , one of the first refiners of the English Poetry ; who flourished in the time of Henry VIIL Edward III . born here . Let Let fofter trains ill - fated * Henry mourn , 20 Mifcellaneous POEMS.
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... trains ill - fated * Henry mourn , And palms eternal flourish round his urn . Here o'er the Martyr - king the marble weeps , And faft befide him , once - fear'd † Edward fleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old ...
... trains ill - fated * Henry mourn , And palms eternal flourish round his urn . Here o'er the Martyr - king the marble weeps , And faft befide him , once - fear'd † Edward fleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old ...
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... train ; Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign . No more my fons fhall dye with British blood Red Iber's fands , or Ifter's foaming flood ; Safe on my fhore each unmolefted swain Shall tend the flocks , or reap the bearded grain ...
... train ; Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign . No more my fons fhall dye with British blood Red Iber's fands , or Ifter's foaming flood ; Safe on my fhore each unmolefted swain Shall tend the flocks , or reap the bearded grain ...
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