A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 6For R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, 1763 - 336 pages |
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Page 22
... should curb the hand , And virtue's worthless foes be false to glory too . But look on freedom . fee , through every age , What labours , perils , griefs , hath she disdain'd ! What arms , what regal pride , what priestly rage , Have ...
... should curb the hand , And virtue's worthless foes be false to glory too . But look on freedom . fee , through every age , What labours , perils , griefs , hath she disdain'd ! What arms , what regal pride , what priestly rage , Have ...
Page 44
... should impetuous torrents fwell his tides , The fairy landskip finks in oceans drown'd . Nor lefs difaftrous fhould his thrifty urn Neglected leave the once well - water'd land , To dreary waftes yon paradife would turn , Polluted ooze ...
... should impetuous torrents fwell his tides , The fairy landskip finks in oceans drown'd . Nor lefs difaftrous fhould his thrifty urn Neglected leave the once well - water'd land , To dreary waftes yon paradife would turn , Polluted ooze ...
Page 55
... Should wreath - bound columns raife , and altars fair , And grateful offerings pay , to Powers so kind , Tho ' fancy - form'd , and creatures of the Air . Who that has writh'd beneath the scourge of pain , Or felt the burthen'd languor ...
... Should wreath - bound columns raife , and altars fair , And grateful offerings pay , to Powers so kind , Tho ' fancy - form'd , and creatures of the Air . Who that has writh'd beneath the scourge of pain , Or felt the burthen'd languor ...
Page 56
... should mourn thy shorter date , And tell to alien woods and streams his pain . It was not written . Many a year shall roll , If aught th ' infpiring Mufe aright prefage , Of blameless intercourse from Soul to Soul , And friendship well ...
... should mourn thy shorter date , And tell to alien woods and streams his pain . It was not written . Many a year shall roll , If aught th ' infpiring Mufe aright prefage , Of blameless intercourse from Soul to Soul , And friendship well ...
Page 57
... should reign , And in the arts he loy'd the patron charm . Oft as amidst the mould'ring spoils of Age , His mofs - grown monuments my steps pursue ; Oft as my eye revolves the hiftoric page , Where país his generous acts in fair review ...
... should reign , And in the arts he loy'd the patron charm . Oft as amidst the mould'ring spoils of Age , His mofs - grown monuments my steps pursue ; Oft as my eye revolves the hiftoric page , Where país his generous acts in fair review ...
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