A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With NotesJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... arms o'erthrow , And cleave a giant at a random blow ; Slay paynims vile , that force the fair ; and tame The goblin's fury , and the dragon's flame . Our eager youth to diftant nations run , To vifit fields their valiant fathers won ...
... arms o'erthrow , And cleave a giant at a random blow ; Slay paynims vile , that force the fair ; and tame The goblin's fury , and the dragon's flame . Our eager youth to diftant nations run , To vifit fields their valiant fathers won ...
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... arm perceiv'd , they stood not long , But plung'd amidst the waves , a defp'rate throng ; Crowds whelm'd on crowds dash'd wide the watry bed , And drove the current to its diftant head . As when by Raphael's , or by Kneller's hands , A ...
... arm perceiv'd , they stood not long , But plung'd amidst the waves , a defp'rate throng ; Crowds whelm'd on crowds dash'd wide the watry bed , And drove the current to its diftant head . As when by Raphael's , or by Kneller's hands , A ...
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... arms , alike in arts renown'd . As when sweet Venus , ( fo the fable fings ) Awak'd by Nereids , from the Ocean fprings ; With fmiles the fees the threat'ning billows rife , Spreads With [ 11 ] Oh facred BRISTOL! then what dangers prove ...
... arms , alike in arts renown'd . As when sweet Venus , ( fo the fable fings ) Awak'd by Nereids , from the Ocean fprings ; With fmiles the fees the threat'ning billows rife , Spreads With [ 11 ] Oh facred BRISTOL! then what dangers prove ...
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... arms , her juftice more prevail'd ? Her labours are to plead th ' Almighty's cause , Her pride to teach th ' untam'd barbarian laws : Who conquers , wins by brutal ftrength the prize ; But ' tis a godlike work to civilize . Have we ...
... arms , her juftice more prevail'd ? Her labours are to plead th ' Almighty's cause , Her pride to teach th ' untam'd barbarian laws : Who conquers , wins by brutal ftrength the prize ; But ' tis a godlike work to civilize . Have we ...
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... arms give o'er , Nor , one world conquer'd , fondly with for more . Vice of great fouls alone ! O thirst of fame ! The Muse admires it , while she strives to blame ; Thy toils be now to chase the bounding deer , Or view the courfers ...
... arms give o'er , Nor , one world conquer'd , fondly with for more . Vice of great fouls alone ! O thirst of fame ! The Muse admires it , while she strives to blame ; Thy toils be now to chase the bounding deer , Or view the courfers ...
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