Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... hand , and in his bofom warms ; Thus fhall mankind his guardian care engage , The promis'd father of the future age . No more shall | nation against nation rife , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes , Nor fields with gleaming ...
... hand , and in his bofom warms ; Thus fhall mankind his guardian care engage , The promis'd father of the future age . No more shall | nation against nation rife , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes , Nor fields with gleaming ...
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... hand shall take The crefted bafilifk and fpeckled snake , Pleas'd the green luftre of the scales furvey , And with their forky tongue fhall innocently play . Rife , crown'd with light , imperial || Salem , rife ! Exalt thy towery head ...
... hand shall take The crefted bafilifk and fpeckled snake , Pleas'd the green luftre of the scales furvey , And with their forky tongue fhall innocently play . Rife , crown'd with light , imperial || Salem , rife ! Exalt thy towery head ...
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... hand on the den of the cockatrice . ' V. 85. Rife crown'd with light , imperial Salem rife ! ] The thoughts of Ifaiah , which compofe the latter part of the poem , are wonderfully elevated , and much above those general exclamations of ...
... hand on the den of the cockatrice . ' V. 85. Rife crown'd with light , imperial Salem rife ! ] The thoughts of Ifaiah , which compofe the latter part of the poem , are wonderfully elevated , and much above those general exclamations of ...
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... hand ; Rich Industry fits fimiling on the plains , And peace and plenty tell , a STUART reigns . Not thus the land appear'd in ages past , A dreary defart , and a gloomy waste , To favage beafts and favage laws a prey , And kings more ...
... hand ; Rich Industry fits fimiling on the plains , And peace and plenty tell , a STUART reigns . Not thus the land appear'd in ages past , A dreary defart , and a gloomy waste , To favage beafts and favage laws a prey , And kings more ...
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... hand : With looks unmov'd , he hopes the fcaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous ftreams a various race fupply , The bright - ey'd perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The filver eel , in fhining volumes roll ...
... hand : With looks unmov'd , he hopes the fcaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous ftreams a various race fupply , The bright - ey'd perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The filver eel , in fhining volumes roll ...
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