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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... fuch the praise , O Naiads , which from tongues cœleftial waits Your bounteous deeds . From bounty issueth power ; And those who , fedulous in prudent works , Relieve the wants of nature , Jove repays With generous wealth and his own ...
... fuch the praise , O Naiads , which from tongues cœleftial waits Your bounteous deeds . From bounty issueth power ; And those who , fedulous in prudent works , Relieve the wants of nature , Jove repays With generous wealth and his own ...
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... fuch inftructers to inform his breaft With verfe ; let him , fit votarift , implore Their infpiration . He perchance the gifts Of young Lyæus , and the dread exploits , May fing in apteft numbers : he the fate Of fober Pentheus , he the ...
... fuch inftructers to inform his breaft With verfe ; let him , fit votarift , implore Their infpiration . He perchance the gifts Of young Lyæus , and the dread exploits , May fing in apteft numbers : he the fate Of fober Pentheus , he the ...
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... fuch arduous merit crown'd ? For look on life's laborious scene : What rugged spaces lie between Adventurous virtue's early toils And her triumphal throne ! The fhade Of death , mean time , does oft invade Her progrefs ; nor , to us ...
... fuch arduous merit crown'd ? For look on life's laborious scene : What rugged spaces lie between Adventurous virtue's early toils And her triumphal throne ! The fhade Of death , mean time , does oft invade Her progrefs ; nor , to us ...
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... fuch the placid mien SUCH Of him who firft with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers . Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day . these ancient walls Have often heard him , while his legends blithe He fang ; of love , or knighthood ...
... fuch the placid mien SUCH Of him who firft with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers . Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day . these ancient walls Have often heard him , while his legends blithe He fang ; of love , or knighthood ...
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... fuch as fuit her own immortal fame , Free from all change , eternally the fame . Take courage then , these joys we shall attain ; Almighty Wisdom never acts in vain ; Nor fhall the foul , on which it has beftow'd Such pow'rs , e'er ...
... fuch as fuit her own immortal fame , Free from all change , eternally the fame . Take courage then , these joys we shall attain ; Almighty Wisdom never acts in vain ; Nor fhall the foul , on which it has beftow'd Such pow'rs , e'er ...
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