The Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Том 1W. Strahan, 1777 |
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... , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts th ' advantage of thy song , 3 Now [ xlv ] O Mr Dryden, To Page.
... , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts th ' advantage of thy song , 3 Now [ xlv ] O Mr Dryden, To Page.
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... light . Thus Ætna , when in fierce érruptions broke , Fills heav'n with afhes , and the earth with smoke Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten ftones and featter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest coast ...
... light . Thus Ætna , when in fierce érruptions broke , Fills heav'n with afhes , and the earth with smoke Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten ftones and featter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest coast ...
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... light . But ftop , my Mufe , th ' ungrateful found forbear , MARIA's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart MARIA ftill does wound , And tears burft out unbidden at the found ; MARIA ftill our rifing mirth deftroys ...
... light . But ftop , my Mufe , th ' ungrateful found forbear , MARIA's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart MARIA ftill does wound , And tears burft out unbidden at the found ; MARIA ftill our rifing mirth deftroys ...
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... light , The bees thro ' woods and forefts take their flight , They rifle ev'ry flow'r , and lightly skim The crystal brook , and fip the running stream : And thus they feed their young with strange delight , } } And knead the yielding ...
... light , The bees thro ' woods and forefts take their flight , They rifle ev'ry flow'r , and lightly skim The crystal brook , and fip the running stream : And thus they feed their young with strange delight , } } And knead the yielding ...
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... light is next affign'd To all the quarters , one to every wind ; Through these the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly fhows , And shakes the ...
... light is next affign'd To all the quarters , one to every wind ; Through these the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly fhows , And shakes the ...
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