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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... heav'n the same endowments lend : Yet ftill doth nature to her offspring call , That to one general weal their different powers they bend , Unenvious . Thus alone , though strains divine Inform the bofom of the Mufe's fon ; Though with ...
... heav'n the same endowments lend : Yet ftill doth nature to her offspring call , That to one general weal their different powers they bend , Unenvious . Thus alone , though strains divine Inform the bofom of the Mufe's fon ; Though with ...
Page 57
... , whofe lefs diftinguished sphere Now cheers in private the delighted eye , For calm Content , and smiling Ease are there , And , Heav'n's divineft gift , fweet Liberty . Happy Happy for me , on life's ferener flood Who fail [ 57 ]
... , whofe lefs diftinguished sphere Now cheers in private the delighted eye , For calm Content , and smiling Ease are there , And , Heav'n's divineft gift , fweet Liberty . Happy Happy for me , on life's ferener flood Who fail [ 57 ]
Page 62
... heav'n an old inhabitant return , And draw nectareous ftreams from truth's perpetual urn . Whilft life remains , ( if life it can be call'd T'exift in fleshly bondage thus enthrall'd ) Tir'd with the dull pursuit of worldly things , The ...
... heav'n an old inhabitant return , And draw nectareous ftreams from truth's perpetual urn . Whilft life remains , ( if life it can be call'd T'exift in fleshly bondage thus enthrall'd ) Tir'd with the dull pursuit of worldly things , The ...
Page 64
... heav'n from pole to pole , From thence defcending vifits but this earth , And shall once more regain the regions of her birth ? Could fhe thus act , unlefs fome Power unknown , From matter quite diftin & t , and all her own , Supported ...
... heav'n from pole to pole , From thence defcending vifits but this earth , And shall once more regain the regions of her birth ? Could fhe thus act , unlefs fome Power unknown , From matter quite diftin & t , and all her own , Supported ...
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... heav'n ; Who bids these ftars as bright examples fhine Befprinkled thinly by the hand divine , To form to virtue each degenerate time , And point out to the foul its origin fublime . That there's a felf which after death fhall live ...
... heav'n ; Who bids these ftars as bright examples fhine Befprinkled thinly by the hand divine , To form to virtue each degenerate time , And point out to the foul its origin fublime . That there's a felf which after death fhall live ...
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bard beauty behold beneath beſt bleffings bleft bofom breaſt charms Chlorinda cou'd diftant eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fage fair fame fate fcene feat fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhould figh fight filent fince firft firſt flow'rs fmile foft folar folemn fome fong fons foul freſh ftands ftate ftill ftream fuch fure fweet fwell genius glory goddeſs grace grove guife hand heart heav'n himſelf laſt Latian lefs loft lyre mind moſt Mufe muft muſt Naiads ne'er numbers Nymphs o'er paffion peace plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe purſue raiſe reaſon reft rife rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſky ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſprings ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet taſk taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil vale virtue Whilft whofe Whoſe wife wings worfe wou'd youth