Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Том 2T. Evans, 1774 |
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... nettle next a rose ? Who would so long as taste prevails , Compare St. James's with Versailles ? The nightingale , as story goes , Fam'd for the mufic of his woes , In In vain against the artist try'd , But ftrain'd his ( 84 )
... nettle next a rose ? Who would so long as taste prevails , Compare St. James's with Versailles ? The nightingale , as story goes , Fam'd for the mufic of his woes , In In vain against the artist try'd , But ftrain'd his ( 84 )
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... woes . Thro ' ev'ry age , in ev'ry place , Confider well the poet's cafe ; By turns protected and carefs'd , Defam'd , dependant , and diftrefs'd ; The joke of wits , the bane of flaves , The curfe of fools , the butt of knaves ; Too ...
... woes . Thro ' ev'ry age , in ev'ry place , Confider well the poet's cafe ; By turns protected and carefs'd , Defam'd , dependant , and diftrefs'd ; The joke of wits , the bane of flaves , The curfe of fools , the butt of knaves ; Too ...
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... woes , Latona tortur'd lay ; in forrowing mood , Around her many a fifter - goddess stood . Aloft in heaven imperial Juno fat , And view'd relentless her unhappy fate . Lucina too , the kind affuaging pow'r That tends the lab'ring ...
... woes , Latona tortur'd lay ; in forrowing mood , Around her many a fifter - goddess stood . Aloft in heaven imperial Juno fat , And view'd relentless her unhappy fate . Lucina too , the kind affuaging pow'r That tends the lab'ring ...
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... woes : And O ! if fable e'er , in times of yore , Mix'd her soft accents with thy fterner lore , If e'er her hand adorn'd thy tow'ring head , And o'er thy front her milder graces spread ; If e'er her shades , which lovingly unite , Bad ...
... woes : And O ! if fable e'er , in times of yore , Mix'd her soft accents with thy fterner lore , If e'er her hand adorn'd thy tow'ring head , And o'er thy front her milder graces spread ; If e'er her shades , which lovingly unite , Bad ...
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... chearful log Found in himself the joys to kings unkno And felf depos'd forgot the lordly throne . The world's contention to their minds Much converfe , wholfome to the good an Much did they talk of woes in human life ,
... chearful log Found in himself the joys to kings unkno And felf depos'd forgot the lordly throne . The world's contention to their minds Much converfe , wholfome to the good an Much did they talk of woes in human life ,
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Apollo's AUTHOR Bard beſt bleft breaſt cauſe cloſe dame decus Delos dreft dull dunce e'en e'er eaſe eaſy Engliſh erft ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fame fancy fatire feek fenfe fhall fhame fhew fhould fibi filk fimple firft firſt fkies flame fober foes folks fome fons fool foul ftill ftrength ftrife ftrong fuch fure genius grace gueſt Hæc hate heart himſelf inglorius Juft king laft Latona lyre meaſure mind miſtreſs moft moſt mufe muft Muſe muſt numbers nymph o'er pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe profe purſue Quæ quam raiſe reaſon rhime rhyme rife ROBERT LLOYD ſcarce ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſuch Tafte taſte tell thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou thouſand thro throne uſe VALOIS verfe verſe whofe Whoſe wife wiſh woes wond'rous wou'd write
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