The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 29Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... praise , Such heights to reach with equal ftrength and ease . O had your genius been to leifure born , And not more bound to aid us , than adorn ! Albion in verfe with ancient Greece had vy'd , And gain'd alone a fame , which , there ...
... praise , Such heights to reach with equal ftrength and ease . O had your genius been to leifure born , And not more bound to aid us , than adorn ! Albion in verfe with ancient Greece had vy'd , And gain'd alone a fame , which , there ...
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... praise be heard ; For by his name my verfe fhall be preferr'd , Borne like a lark upon this cagle's wing , High as the fpheres , I will his triumph fing ; High as the head of Fame ; Fame , whofe exalted fize From the deep vale extends ...
... praise be heard ; For by his name my verfe fhall be preferr'd , Borne like a lark upon this cagle's wing , High as the fpheres , I will his triumph fing ; High as the head of Fame ; Fame , whofe exalted fize From the deep vale extends ...
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... praise be dumb . III . And lo ! Silence himself is here ; Methinks I fee the midnight god appear , In all his downy pomp array'd , Behold the reverend fhade : An ancient figh he fits upon , Whofe Begin , my Mufe , from Jove derive thy ...
... praise be dumb . III . And lo ! Silence himself is here ; Methinks I fee the midnight god appear , In all his downy pomp array'd , Behold the reverend fhade : An ancient figh he fits upon , Whofe Begin , my Mufe , from Jove derive thy ...
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... praise . " On his heroic deeds thy verfe fhall rife ; “ Thou shalt diffuse the fires that he supplies . 66 Through him thy fongs fhall more fublime afpire ; " And he , through them , shall deathlefs fame acquire : " Nor Time nor Fate ...
... praise . " On his heroic deeds thy verfe fhall rife ; “ Thou shalt diffuse the fires that he supplies . 66 Through him thy fongs fhall more fublime afpire ; " And he , through them , shall deathlefs fame acquire : " Nor Time nor Fate ...
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... praise of beauty write ; For when to that high theme our thoughts afcend , ' Tis to detract , too poorly to commend . And he , who , praising beauty , does no wrong , May boast to be successful in his song : But when the fair themselves ...
... praise of beauty write ; For when to that high theme our thoughts afcend , ' Tis to detract , too poorly to commend . And he , who , praising beauty , does no wrong , May boast to be successful in his song : But when the fair themselves ...
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