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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... youth Who on the highths of Tybur , all inclin'd O'er rufhing Anio , with a pious hand The reverend scene delineates , broken fanès , Or tombs , or pillar'd aqueducts , the pomp Of ancient time ; and haply , while he scans The ruins ...
... youth Who on the highths of Tybur , all inclin'd O'er rufhing Anio , with a pious hand The reverend scene delineates , broken fanès , Or tombs , or pillar'd aqueducts , the pomp Of ancient time ; and haply , while he scans The ruins ...
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... youth had squander'd . Oft your urns Will I invoke ; and , frequent in your praise , Abash the frantic Thyrfus with my song . For not eftrang'd from your benignant arts Is he , the God , to whofe myfterious shrine My youth was facred ...
... youth had squander'd . Oft your urns Will I invoke ; and , frequent in your praise , Abash the frantic Thyrfus with my song . For not eftrang'd from your benignant arts Is he , the God , to whofe myfterious shrine My youth was facred ...
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... teach his race , Though Gaul's proud genius fank beneath his hand . V. I. From rich domains and fubject farms , They led the ruftic youth to arms ; B 3 And And kings their stern atchievements fear'd ; " While private [ 21 ]
... teach his race , Though Gaul's proud genius fank beneath his hand . V. I. From rich domains and fubject farms , They led the ruftic youth to arms ; B 3 And And kings their stern atchievements fear'd ; " While private [ 21 ]
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... youth : But , fought from cowards and the lying mouth , Praise is reproach . Eternal GoD alone For mortals fixeth that fublime award . He , from the faithful records of his throne , Bids the hiftorian and the bard Difpofe of honour and ...
... youth : But , fought from cowards and the lying mouth , Praise is reproach . Eternal GoD alone For mortals fixeth that fublime award . He , from the faithful records of his throne , Bids the hiftorian and the bard Difpofe of honour and ...
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... YOUTHS and virgins : O declining eld : O pale misfortune's flaves : O ye who ' dwell Unknown with humble quiet ; ye who wait In courts , or fill the golden feat of kings : O fons of sport and pleasure : O thou wretch That weep'ft for ...
... YOUTHS and virgins : O declining eld : O pale misfortune's flaves : O ye who ' dwell Unknown with humble quiet ; ye who wait In courts , or fill the golden feat of kings : O fons of sport and pleasure : O thou wretch That weep'ft for ...
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