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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... vain ; While Bribery and Dullness , passing by , Bid her , in sounds barbarian , starve and die . " Away " ( they cry ) " we never saw thy [ Fame ; name Or in Preferment's list , or that of Away - nor here the fate thou earn'st be- wail ...
... vain ; While Bribery and Dullness , passing by , Bid her , in sounds barbarian , starve and die . " Away " ( they cry ) " we never saw thy [ Fame ; name Or in Preferment's list , or that of Away - nor here the fate thou earn'st be- wail ...
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... vain . All glory to th ' Eternal , to th ' Immense , All glory to th ' Omniscient and Good , [ tense , Whose powr's uncircumscrib'd , whose love's in- But yet whose justice ne'er could be withstood . Except thro ' him - thro ' him , who ...
... vain . All glory to th ' Eternal , to th ' Immense , All glory to th ' Omniscient and Good , [ tense , Whose powr's uncircumscrib'd , whose love's in- But yet whose justice ne'er could be withstood . Except thro ' him - thro ' him , who ...
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... vain dissever'd from the rest , must join The terrours of th ' inevitable ruin . Nor thou , illustrious monarch of the day ; Nor thou , fair queen of night ; nor you , ye stars , Tho ' million leagues and million still remote , Shall ...
... vain dissever'd from the rest , must join The terrours of th ' inevitable ruin . Nor thou , illustrious monarch of the day ; Nor thou , fair queen of night ; nor you , ye stars , Tho ' million leagues and million still remote , Shall ...
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... vain is Fancy and Experience vain , If thou , O Hesiod ! Virgil of our land , Or bear'st thou rather ' , Milton , bard divine , Whose greatness who shalt imitate , save thee ? If thou , O Philips " , fav'ring dost not hear Me , inexpert ...
... vain is Fancy and Experience vain , If thou , O Hesiod ! Virgil of our land , Or bear'st thou rather ' , Milton , bard divine , Whose greatness who shalt imitate , save thee ? If thou , O Philips " , fav'ring dost not hear Me , inexpert ...
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... vain I seek the olive peace , around me wide See ! see ! the wat'ry waste - In vain forlorn I call the phenix , fair Sincerity ; Alas ! -extinguish'd to the skies she fled , And left no heir behind her . Where is now The eternal smile ...
... vain I seek the olive peace , around me wide See ! see ! the wat'ry waste - In vain forlorn I call the phenix , fair Sincerity ; Alas ! -extinguish'd to the skies she fled , And left no heir behind her . Where is now The eternal smile ...
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