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Strikes Envy dumb , and keeps Sedition tame : EROES of old , by rapine , and by
spoil , They can to gazing multitudes give law , In search of fame , did all the
world embroil ; Convert the factious , and the rebel awe ; Thus to their Gods each
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Strikes Envy dumb , and keeps Sedition tame : EROES of old , by rapine , and by
spoil , They can to gazing multitudes give law , In search of fame , did all the
world embroil ; Convert the factious , and the rebel awe ; Thus to their Gods each
...
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Ye sovereign Lords , who sit like Gods in state , Awing the world , and bustling to
be great ; In the first trials which are niade for fame , Lords but in title , vassals in
effect , Those to whom Fate success denies , Whom lust controuls , and wild ...
Ye sovereign Lords , who sit like Gods in state , Awing the world , and bustling to
be great ; In the first trials which are niade for fame , Lords but in title , vassals in
effect , Those to whom Fate success denies , Whom lust controuls , and wild ...
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FA There the obscener birds of night , Then , great as is thy fame , thy fortunes
raile , Birds that in gloomy shades delight , Join thriving interest to thy barren
bays , Shall solitude enjoy , live undifturb'd by light . And teach the world to envy ,
as ...
FA There the obscener birds of night , Then , great as is thy fame , thy fortunes
raile , Birds that in gloomy shades delight , Join thriving interest to thy barren
bays , Shall solitude enjoy , live undifturb'd by light . And teach the world to envy ,
as ...
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1 150 And rival roses , with impetuous rage , Involv'd in blood the next
descending age ; Or when abroad we nobler conquests fought , For Empire (
trove , for Fame and beauty fought ; Their great exploits our British annals grace ,
And ancient ...
1 150 And rival roses , with impetuous rage , Involv'd in blood the next
descending age ; Or when abroad we nobler conquests fought , For Empire (
trove , for Fame and beauty fought ; Their great exploits our British annals grace ,
And ancient ...
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... A name familiar to thy gates ; Few , like thy genius , at proportion aim , Sprung
from the chief whole prowess grin'd : All great , all graceful , and throughout the
fame . The Garter while thy founder reign'd , Such be thy life , O since the glorious
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... A name familiar to thy gates ; Few , like thy genius , at proportion aim , Sprung
from the chief whole prowess grin'd : All great , all graceful , and throughout the
fame . The Garter while thy founder reign'd , Such be thy life , O since the glorious
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