Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ...J. Roach, 1794 |
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... years ) Scarce know my mafter as he there appears . Vain are our neighbours hopes , and vain their cares ; Their fault is more their language's than theirs : ' Tis 3 ' Tis courtly , florid , and abounds in words [ 2 ]
... years ) Scarce know my mafter as he there appears . Vain are our neighbours hopes , and vain their cares ; Their fault is more their language's than theirs : ' Tis 3 ' Tis courtly , florid , and abounds in words [ 2 ]
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... With how much ease is a young Mufe betray'd ! How nice the reputation of the maid ! Your early kind , paternal care appears , By chafte inflruction of her tender years . The The first impreffion in her infant breaft Will be the [ 4 ] .
... With how much ease is a young Mufe betray'd ! How nice the reputation of the maid ! Your early kind , paternal care appears , By chafte inflruction of her tender years . The The first impreffion in her infant breaft Will be the [ 4 ] .
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... care can find , Some here , fome there , may hit the poet's mind ; Yet be not blindly guided by the throng ; The multitude is always in the wrong . When things appear unnatural or hard , Confult your author , with himself compar'd ; Who ...
... care can find , Some here , fome there , may hit the poet's mind ; Yet be not blindly guided by the throng ; The multitude is always in the wrong . When things appear unnatural or hard , Confult your author , with himself compar'd ; Who ...
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... care , but feeming cafinefs : A For truth fhines brightest thro ' the plainest dress . ] Th ' Ænean Mufe , when fhe appears in state , Makes all Jove's thunder on her verfes wait of Yet writes fometimes as foft and moving things As ...
... care , but feeming cafinefs : A For truth fhines brightest thro ' the plainest dress . ] Th ' Ænean Mufe , when fhe appears in state , Makes all Jove's thunder on her verfes wait of Yet writes fometimes as foft and moving things As ...
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... cares , Let no vain hope your eafy mind feduce , For rich ill poets are without excufe , ' Tis very dangerous , tampering with a mufe ; The profit's fmall , and you have much to lose : For though true wit adorns your birth and place ...
... cares , Let no vain hope your eafy mind feduce , For rich ill poets are without excufe , ' Tis very dangerous , tampering with a mufe ; The profit's fmall , and you have much to lose : For though true wit adorns your birth and place ...
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æther bard beft behold beſt blefs bleft blifs bloom breaft defire eafe eaſe ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcene fecret feem feem'd feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhould figh filent filver fing firft firſt fkies flain fleep flood flow'rs fmile foft folemn fome fong fons fool foreft forrow foul fpring frike ftill ftrains ftream fuch fure fweet fwelling grace groves heart Heaven himſelf infpire JAMES THOMSON juft labour laft lefs loft lov'd mind moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er night numbers o'er paffion peace Philomelus pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pour'd pow'r praife praiſe pride profe reft rhyme rife ſweet tender Theatre Royal thee thefe theſe thine thofe THOMAS PARNELL thoſe thou thought thouſand thro toil verfe vext virtue whilft whofe Whoſe wife wretch youth
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