The Works of the English Poets: SwiftH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... thee for a ship a - while , And thus addrefs thee in the failor's style : UNHAPPY hip , thou art return'd in vain New wayes fhall drive thee to the deep again . Look to thyself , and be no more the sport Of giddy winds , but make fome ...
... thee for a ship a - while , And thus addrefs thee in the failor's style : UNHAPPY hip , thou art return'd in vain New wayes fhall drive thee to the deep again . Look to thyself , and be no more the sport Of giddy winds , but make fome ...
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... thee , as a staff directs the blind , Behold it cracks by yon rough eastern wind . Your cables burst , and you must quickly feel The waves impetuous enter at your keel . Thus commonwealths receive a foreign yoke , When the strong cords ...
... thee , as a staff directs the blind , Behold it cracks by yon rough eastern wind . Your cables burst , and you must quickly feel The waves impetuous enter at your keel . Thus commonwealths receive a foreign yoke , When the strong cords ...
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... thee confin'd , Now for thy fafety cares diftract my mind ; As those who long have stood the storms of state Retire , yet ftill bemoan their country's fate . Beware , and when you hear the furges roar , Avoid the rocks on Britain's ...
... thee confin'd , Now for thy fafety cares diftract my mind ; As those who long have stood the storms of state Retire , yet ftill bemoan their country's fate . Beware , and when you hear the furges roar , Avoid the rocks on Britain's ...
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... thee , once favourite ifle , with joy I came ; What time the Goth , the Vandal , and the Hun , Had my own native Italy * o'er - run . Ierne , to the world's remotest parts , Renown'd for valour , policy , and arts . Hither from Colchos ...
... thee , once favourite ifle , with joy I came ; What time the Goth , the Vandal , and the Hun , Had my own native Italy * o'er - run . Ierne , to the world's remotest parts , Renown'd for valour , policy , and arts . Hither from Colchos ...
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Samuel Johnson. From thee , with pride , the Caledonians trace The glorious founder of their kingly race : Thy martial fons , whom now they dare despise , Did once their land fubdue and civilize : Their ... thee . The mother 8 SWIFT'S POEMS .
Samuel Johnson. From thee , with pride , the Caledonians trace The glorious founder of their kingly race : Thy martial fons , whom now they dare despise , Did once their land fubdue and civilize : Their ... thee . The mother 8 SWIFT'S POEMS .
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