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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... leave the ocean . Tarry , Nymphs , Ye Nymphs , ye blue - ey'd progeny of Thames , Who now the mazes of this rugged heath Trace with your fleeting fteps ; who all night long Repeat , amid the cool and tranquil air , Your lonely murmurs ...
... leave the ocean . Tarry , Nymphs , Ye Nymphs , ye blue - ey'd progeny of Thames , Who now the mazes of this rugged heath Trace with your fleeting fteps ; who all night long Repeat , amid the cool and tranquil air , Your lonely murmurs ...
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... is known ; Where all are confcious of her cares , And each the power , that rules him , shares ; Here let the bard , whofe daftard tongue Leaves public arguments unfung , Bid Bid public praise farewell : Let him to fitter climes [ 20 ]
... is known ; Where all are confcious of her cares , And each the power , that rules him , shares ; Here let the bard , whofe daftard tongue Leaves public arguments unfung , Bid Bid public praise farewell : Let him to fitter climes [ 20 ]
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... 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 Villiers , Viscount Villiers . A ...
... 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 Villiers , Viscount Villiers . A ...
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... leave behind , ' T ' extend our narrow views beyond the tomb , And give an earnest of a life , to come : For , if when dead , we are but duft or clay , Why think of what pofterity fhall fay ? Her praise , or censure cannot us concern ...
... leave behind , ' T ' extend our narrow views beyond the tomb , And give an earnest of a life , to come : For , if when dead , we are but duft or clay , Why think of what pofterity fhall fay ? Her praise , or censure cannot us concern ...
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... leave it first , the peaceful port first gain ; Hold then ! no farther launch into the main : Contract your fails ; life nothing can bestow By long continuance , but continu'd woe : The wretched privilege daily to deplore The funerals ...
... leave it first , the peaceful port first gain ; Hold then ! no farther launch into the main : Contract your fails ; life nothing can bestow By long continuance , but continu'd woe : The wretched privilege daily to deplore The funerals ...
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