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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... facred Ganges water'd , I conduct " The English merchant : with the buxom fleece " Of fertile Ariconium while I clothe " Sarmatian kings ; or to the household Gods " Of Syria , from the bleak Cornubian fhore , 66 Difpenfe the mineral ...
... facred Ganges water'd , I conduct " The English merchant : with the buxom fleece " Of fertile Ariconium while I clothe " Sarmatian kings ; or to the household Gods " Of Syria , from the bleak Cornubian fhore , 66 Difpenfe the mineral ...
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... Abash the frantic Thyrfus with my song . For not eftrang'd from your benignant arts Is he , the God , to whofe myfterious shrine My youth was facred , and I my votive cares Are 1 [ 11 ] 1 Are due ; the learned [ 10 ]
... Abash the frantic Thyrfus with my song . For not eftrang'd from your benignant arts Is he , the God , to whofe myfterious shrine My youth was facred , and I my votive cares Are 1 [ 11 ] 1 Are due ; the learned [ 10 ]
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... ( facred by their gifts divine ) In early days did to my wondering fenfe Their fecrets oft reveal : oft my rais'd ear In flumber felt their mufic : oft at noon Or hour of funfet , by fome lonely stream , In field or fhady grove , they ...
... ( facred by their gifts divine ) In early days did to my wondering fenfe Their fecrets oft reveal : oft my rais'd ear In flumber felt their mufic : oft at noon Or hour of funfet , by fome lonely stream , In field or fhady grove , they ...
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... facred filence . But the flaves Of Bacchus with tempeftuous clamours ftrive To drown the heavenly ftrains ; of highest Jove , Irreverent ; and by mad prefumption fir'd Their own discordant raptures to advance With hostile emulation ...
... facred filence . But the flaves Of Bacchus with tempeftuous clamours ftrive To drown the heavenly ftrains ; of highest Jove , Irreverent ; and by mad prefumption fir'd Their own discordant raptures to advance With hostile emulation ...
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... lips will bathe : whether the eternal lore Of Themis , or the majefty of Jove , To mortals he reveal ; or teach his lyre The unenvied guerdon of the patriot's toils , In In thofe unfading islands of the bleft , Where facred [ 14 ]
... lips will bathe : whether the eternal lore Of Themis , or the majefty of Jove , To mortals he reveal ; or teach his lyre The unenvied guerdon of the patriot's toils , In In thofe unfading islands of the bleft , Where facred [ 14 ]
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