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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... Muse her power display'd , With joy have liften'd and obey'd . For , taught of heaven , the facred Nine Persuasive numbers , forms divine , To mortal fenfe impart : They beft the foul with glory fire ; They nobleft counfels , boldeft ...
... Muse her power display'd , With joy have liften'd and obey'd . For , taught of heaven , the facred Nine Persuasive numbers , forms divine , To mortal fenfe impart : They beft the foul with glory fire ; They nobleft counfels , boldeft ...
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... , poets , kings , or emulate thy name ? Ev'n now the Muse , the conscious Mufe is here ; From every ruin's formidable shade Eternal Mufic breathes on Fancy's ear , C4 And And wakes to more than form th ' illuftrious dead [ 39 ]
... , poets , kings , or emulate thy name ? Ev'n now the Muse , the conscious Mufe is here ; From every ruin's formidable shade Eternal Mufic breathes on Fancy's ear , C4 And And wakes to more than form th ' illuftrious dead [ 39 ]
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... Muse shall tell What mighty Kings with all their legions wrought , What cities funk , and ftoried nations fell When Cæfar , Titus , or when Trajan fought , From private worth , and Fortune's private ways Whilft o'er yon hill th ...
... Muse shall tell What mighty Kings with all their legions wrought , What cities funk , and ftoried nations fell When Cæfar , Titus , or when Trajan fought , From private worth , and Fortune's private ways Whilft o'er yon hill th ...
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... Muse shall praise For scenes of polish'd life , and letter'd worth ; The fteel - rib'd Warrior wants not Envy's ways To darken theirs , or call his merits forth , Witness yon Cimbrian Trophies ! - Marius , there Thy ample pinion found a ...
... Muse shall praise For scenes of polish'd life , and letter'd worth ; The fteel - rib'd Warrior wants not Envy's ways To darken theirs , or call his merits forth , Witness yon Cimbrian Trophies ! - Marius , there Thy ample pinion found a ...
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... MUSE to Mr. MASON . On the Recovery of the Right Honourable the Earl of HOLDERNESSE from a dangerous Illness . M By the Same . ASON , fnatch the votive Lyre , D'Arcy lives , and I infpire . " Tis the Mufe that deigns to ask , Can thy ...
... MUSE to Mr. MASON . On the Recovery of the Right Honourable the Earl of HOLDERNESSE from a dangerous Illness . M By the Same . ASON , fnatch the votive Lyre , D'Arcy lives , and I infpire . " Tis the Mufe that deigns to ask , Can thy ...
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