A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Том 1Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 |
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... leave , if right the mufe divine , Than fprung of old , abhorr'd and vain , From ravag'd realms and myriads flain . VIII . Why praise we , prodigal of fame , The rage that fets the world on flame ? My guiltless mufe his brow fhall bind ...
... leave , if right the mufe divine , Than fprung of old , abhorr'd and vain , From ravag'd realms and myriads flain . VIII . Why praise we , prodigal of fame , The rage that fets the world on flame ? My guiltless mufe his brow fhall bind ...
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... leaves , that now the profpect grace , Could match the numbers of its pigmy race . What urg'd this mighty empire to its fate , A tale of woe and wonder I relate . When Albion rul'd the land , whofe lineage came From Neptune mingling ...
... leaves , that now the profpect grace , Could match the numbers of its pigmy race . What urg'd this mighty empire to its fate , A tale of woe and wonder I relate . When Albion rul'd the land , whofe lineage came From Neptune mingling ...
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... . Heroick virtue is by action feen , And vices ferve to make it keen ; And as gigantick tyrants rife , NASSAUS and CHURCHILLS leave the skies , The earth - born monsters to chastise . V. If , V. If , heav'nly mufe , you burn with a [ 73 1.
... . Heroick virtue is by action feen , And vices ferve to make it keen ; And as gigantick tyrants rife , NASSAUS and CHURCHILLS leave the skies , The earth - born monsters to chastise . V. If , V. If , heav'nly mufe , you burn with a [ 73 1.
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... leave her paint and own her age , " And grave SUFFOLK A wed a giddy page ! " A greater miracle is daily view'd , " A virtuous princess with a court fo lewd . " I know thee , Court ! with all thy treach'rous wiles , " Thy falfe careffes ...
... leave her paint and own her age , " And grave SUFFOLK A wed a giddy page ! " A greater miracle is daily view'd , " A virtuous princess with a court fo lewd . " I know thee , Court ! with all thy treach'rous wiles , " Thy falfe careffes ...
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... and yield to what I now decide ; The equipage fhall grace SMILINDA's fide ; The fnuff - box to CARDELIA I decree ; So leave complaining , and begin your tea . G 2 FRI NOW FRIDA Y. The TOLETTE . LYDIA . OW twenty [ 99 ]
... and yield to what I now decide ; The equipage fhall grace SMILINDA's fide ; The fnuff - box to CARDELIA I decree ; So leave complaining , and begin your tea . G 2 FRI NOW FRIDA Y. The TOLETTE . LYDIA . OW twenty [ 99 ]
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