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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... ev'ry nation pays To their unfeeling dead in diff'rent ways ! Some in the flow'r - ftrewn grave the corpfe have lay'd ; And annual obfequies around it pay'd , As if to please the poor departed shade ; Others on blazing piles the body ...
... ev'ry nation pays To their unfeeling dead in diff'rent ways ! Some in the flow'r - ftrewn grave the corpfe have lay'd ; And annual obfequies around it pay'd , As if to please the poor departed shade ; Others on blazing piles the body ...
Page 68
... eternal cold , See numerous nations , warlike , fierce , and bold , To battle all unanimoufly run , Nor fire , nor fword , nor instant death they fhun : Whence Whence this difdain of life in ev'ry breast , But [ 68 ]
... eternal cold , See numerous nations , warlike , fierce , and bold , To battle all unanimoufly run , Nor fire , nor fword , nor instant death they fhun : Whence Whence this difdain of life in ev'ry breast , But [ 68 ]
Page 69
Robert Dodsley. Whence this difdain of life in ev'ry breast , But from a notion on their minds impreft , That all , who for their country die , are bleft . Add too to these the once prevailing dreams , Of sweet Elyfian groves , and ...
Robert Dodsley. Whence this difdain of life in ev'ry breast , But from a notion on their minds impreft , That all , who for their country die , are bleft . Add too to these the once prevailing dreams , Of sweet Elyfian groves , and ...
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... Ev'n from its earliest , and its happiest ftate . Might I from Fortune's ... Ev'n at this mighty price I'd not be bound To tread the fame dull circle round ... ry fide are found ; Who wound not here and there by chance a foe , But at ...
... Ev'n from its earliest , and its happiest ftate . Might I from Fortune's ... Ev'n at this mighty price I'd not be bound To tread the fame dull circle round ... ry fide are found ; Who wound not here and there by chance a foe , But at ...
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... ev'ry due regard : That she enables man , let us confefs , To bear thofe evils , which fhe can't redrefs ; Gives hope , and confcious peace , and can affuage Th ' impetuous tempefts both of luft , and rage ; Yet fhe's a guard fo far ...
... ev'ry due regard : That she enables man , let us confefs , To bear thofe evils , which fhe can't redrefs ; Gives hope , and confcious peace , and can affuage Th ' impetuous tempefts both of luft , and rage ; Yet fhe's a guard fo far ...
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