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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... stand visibly confest : Yet know that nor in presence or in pow'r Shines he less perfect here ; ' tis man's dim eye ... stands So simple ! and so great ! the under - wood Of meaner rank an awful distance keep . Yet thou art there , yet ...
... stand visibly confest : Yet know that nor in presence or in pow'r Shines he less perfect here ; ' tis man's dim eye ... stands So simple ! and so great ! the under - wood Of meaner rank an awful distance keep . Yet thou art there , yet ...
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... stand Of many a Godlike privilege amerc'd By Adam's dire transgression , tho ' no more Is Paradise our home , but o'er the portal Hangs in terrific pomp the burning blade ; Still with ten thousand beauties blooms the Earth , With ...
... stand Of many a Godlike privilege amerc'd By Adam's dire transgression , tho ' no more Is Paradise our home , but o'er the portal Hangs in terrific pomp the burning blade ; Still with ten thousand beauties blooms the Earth , With ...
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... Stands the strong citadel , and frowns defiance On adverse hosts , though many a bastion jut Forth from the ramparts elevated mound , Vain the poor providence of human art , And mortal strength how vain ! while underneath Triumphs his ...
... Stands the strong citadel , and frowns defiance On adverse hosts , though many a bastion jut Forth from the ramparts elevated mound , Vain the poor providence of human art , And mortal strength how vain ! while underneath Triumphs his ...
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... stand ; and while you cleave With the small skiff the Medway's lucid wave , In comely order still their ranks preserve , And seem to march along th ' extensive p'ain . In neat arrangement thus the men of Kent , With native oak at once ...
... stand ; and while you cleave With the small skiff the Medway's lucid wave , In comely order still their ranks preserve , And seem to march along th ' extensive p'ain . In neat arrangement thus the men of Kent , With native oak at once ...
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... stands With his right hand poizing the scales of Heav'n , And while his left grasps Amalthea's horn : Young chorus of fair Bacchanals , descend , And leave awhile the sickle ; yonder bill , Where stand the loaded hop - poles , claims ...
... stands With his right hand poizing the scales of Heav'n , And while his left grasps Amalthea's horn : Young chorus of fair Bacchanals , descend , And leave awhile the sickle ; yonder bill , Where stand the loaded hop - poles , claims ...
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