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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... human life . Your gentle aid Hygeia well can witnefs ; fhe who faves , From poisonous cates and cups of pleafing bane , The wretch devoted to the entangling fnares Of Bacchus and of Comus . Him the leads To Cynthia's lonely haunts . To ...
... human life . Your gentle aid Hygeia well can witnefs ; fhe who faves , From poisonous cates and cups of pleafing bane , The wretch devoted to the entangling fnares Of Bacchus and of Comus . Him the leads To Cynthia's lonely haunts . To ...
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... human woe , And prompt unwilling tears to flow . Can wealth a power like this afford ? Can Cromwell's arts , or Marlborough's sword , An equal empire claim ? No , HASTINGS . Thou my words wilt own : Thy breaft the gifts of every Mufe ...
... human woe , And prompt unwilling tears to flow . Can wealth a power like this afford ? Can Cromwell's arts , or Marlborough's sword , An equal empire claim ? No , HASTINGS . Thou my words wilt own : Thy breaft the gifts of every Mufe ...
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... human life , " Felt every paffion ; and to all mankind " Doth now , will ever that experience yield " Which his own genius only could acquire . " LLLLLLL V. GULIELMUS III . FORTIS , PIUS , LIBERATOR , CUM INEUNTE AETATE PATRIAE LABENTI ...
... human life , " Felt every paffion ; and to all mankind " Doth now , will ever that experience yield " Which his own genius only could acquire . " LLLLLLL V. GULIELMUS III . FORTIS , PIUS , LIBERATOR , CUM INEUNTE AETATE PATRIAE LABENTI ...
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... human things , Beyond the grafp of time or fate Her fame and thine triumphant springs . What tho ' the mould'ring columns fall , And ftrow the defart earth beneath , Tho ' ivy round each nodding wall Entwine its fatal wreath , Yet fay ...
... human things , Beyond the grafp of time or fate Her fame and thine triumphant springs . What tho ' the mould'ring columns fall , And ftrow the defart earth beneath , Tho ' ivy round each nodding wall Entwine its fatal wreath , Yet fay ...
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... human praise To please indeed must echo from the heart . Tho ' thou be brave , be virtuous , and be wife , By all , like him , admir'd , efteem'd , belov'd , ' Tis from within alone true Fame can rife , The only happy , is the Self ...
... human praise To please indeed must echo from the heart . Tho ' thou be brave , be virtuous , and be wife , By all , like him , admir'd , efteem'd , belov'd , ' Tis from within alone true Fame can rife , The only happy , is the Self ...
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