The Works of the English Poets: Buckingham and LansdowneSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... queen of cities , does contain , ( The fairest town , the largest , and the beft ) The fair Almeria fhin'd above the reft : From her bright eyes to feel a hopeless flame , Was of our youth the most ambitious aim ; Her chains were marks ...
... queen of cities , does contain , ( The fairest town , the largest , and the beft ) The fair Almeria fhin'd above the reft : From her bright eyes to feel a hopeless flame , Was of our youth the most ambitious aim ; Her chains were marks ...
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... admiration fee : What hope had you to gain a queen like me ? Because a hero forc'd me once away , Am I thought fit to be a second prey ? Had I been won , I had deferv'd your blame I Had [ 57 ] Helen to Paris From Ovid.
... admiration fee : What hope had you to gain a queen like me ? Because a hero forc'd me once away , Am I thought fit to be a second prey ? Had I been won , I had deferv'd your blame I Had [ 57 ] Helen to Paris From Ovid.
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... queens are led , Each languishing to mount his royal bed ; His youth , his wisdom , and his early fame , Create in every breast a rival flame : Remoteft kings fit trembling on their thrones , As if no diftance could fecure their crowns ...
... queens are led , Each languishing to mount his royal bed ; His youth , his wisdom , and his early fame , Create in every breast a rival flame : Remoteft kings fit trembling on their thrones , As if no diftance could fecure their crowns ...
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... queens and kings upon his pleasures wait . Th ' impartial judge furveys , with vast delight , All that the fun furrounds of fair and bright : Then , ftrictly juft , he , with adoring eyes , To radiant Efte gives the famous prize . Of ...
... queens and kings upon his pleasures wait . Th ' impartial judge furveys , with vast delight , All that the fun furrounds of fair and bright : Then , ftrictly juft , he , with adoring eyes , To radiant Efte gives the famous prize . Of ...
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... queen , and martial monarch's name , For Jove and Juno fhall be plac'd by Fame , Thy Charles for Neptune fhall the feas command , * And Sachariffa fhall for Venus ftand ; Greece fhall no longer boaft , nor haughty Rome , But think from ...
... queen , and martial monarch's name , For Jove and Juno fhall be plac'd by Fame , Thy Charles for Neptune fhall the feas command , * And Sachariffa fhall for Venus ftand ; Greece fhall no longer boaft , nor haughty Rome , But think from ...
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