The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, JohnsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... land , who allowed him forty pounds a year until her death , in 1742. His gra- titude to these noble personages is amply testified by his Ode to lord Barnard , whom he particularly acknowledges as one who encouraged his youthful studies ...
... land , who allowed him forty pounds a year until her death , in 1742. His gra- titude to these noble personages is amply testified by his Ode to lord Barnard , whom he particularly acknowledges as one who encouraged his youthful studies ...
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... land , on his being appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland , with some other pieces . In all these his imagination , although occasionally fine , went often into wild ex- cesses , and evinced that his mind had never recovered its sober ...
... land , on his being appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland , with some other pieces . In all these his imagination , although occasionally fine , went often into wild ex- cesses , and evinced that his mind had never recovered its sober ...
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... land : Then persecution rag'd in Heav'n's own cause , Strict justice for the breach of Nature's laws , The legislator held the scythe of fate , Where'er his legions chanc'd to stray , Death and destruction mark'd their bloody way ...
... land : Then persecution rag'd in Heav'n's own cause , Strict justice for the breach of Nature's laws , The legislator held the scythe of fate , Where'er his legions chanc'd to stray , Death and destruction mark'd their bloody way ...
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... land , Together with each growing year arise , Indissolubly link'd , and climb at last the skies , ODE IX . But let each note be love . Fragrant Flora , queen of May , All bedight with garlands gay , Where in the smooth - shaven green ...
... land , Together with each growing year arise , Indissolubly link'd , and climb at last the skies , ODE IX . But let each note be love . Fragrant Flora , queen of May , All bedight with garlands gay , Where in the smooth - shaven green ...
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... land that answers best the farmer's care , And silvers to maturity the hop : When to inhume the plants ; to turn the glebe ; And wed the tendrils to th ' aspiring poles : Under what sign to pluck the crop , and how To cure , and in ...
... land that answers best the farmer's care , And silvers to maturity the hop : When to inhume the plants ; to turn the glebe ; And wed the tendrils to th ' aspiring poles : Under what sign to pluck the crop , and how To cure , and in ...
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