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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... fhould fordid paths pursue ; That what enfnares the heart 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 ...
... fhould fordid paths pursue ; That what enfnares the heart 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 ...
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... fhould demand , or Liberty approve ! But let their works declare them . Thy free powers , The generous powers of thy prevailing mind , Not for the tasks of their confederate hours , Lewd brawls and lurking flander , were defign'd , Be ...
... fhould demand , or Liberty approve ! But let their works declare them . Thy free powers , The generous powers of thy prevailing mind , Not for the tasks of their confederate hours , Lewd brawls and lurking flander , were defign'd , Be ...
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... the fad decays Of mighty works , and mighty days ! For these vile waftes , we cry , had Fate decreed That Veii's fons fhould ftrive , for these Camillus bleed ? • The Flaminian way . Did Did here , in after - times of Roman pride [ 38 ]
... the fad decays Of mighty works , and mighty days ! For these vile waftes , we cry , had Fate decreed That Veii's fons fhould ftrive , for these Camillus bleed ? • The Flaminian way . Did Did here , in after - times of Roman pride [ 38 ]
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... fhould his thrifty urn Neglected leave the once well - water'd land , To dreary waftes yon paradife would turn , Polluted ooze , or heaps of barren fand . EL EGY II . * On the MAUSOLEUM of AUGUSTUS . To the Right Honourable George Buffy ...
... fhould his thrifty urn Neglected leave the once well - water'd land , To dreary waftes yon paradife would turn , Polluted ooze , or heaps of barren fand . EL EGY II . * On the MAUSOLEUM of AUGUSTUS . To the Right Honourable George Buffy ...
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Robert Dodsley. Not fo his fame ; for erft did heaven ordain Whilft feas fhould waft us , and whilst funs fhould warm , On tongues of men , the friend of man should reign , And in the arts he loy'd the patron charm . Oft as amidst the ...
Robert Dodsley. Not fo his fame ; for erft did heaven ordain Whilft feas fhould waft us , and whilst funs fhould warm , On tongues of men , the friend of man should reign , And in the arts he loy'd the patron charm . Oft as amidst the ...
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