Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 21771 |
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... fought what lodging he cou'd find At last he found a stall where oxen stood , And that he rather chose than lie abroad . ' Twas in a farther yard without a door , But for his eafe , well litter'd was the floor . His fellow , who the ...
... fought what lodging he cou'd find At last he found a stall where oxen stood , And that he rather chose than lie abroad . ' Twas in a farther yard without a door , But for his eafe , well litter'd was the floor . His fellow , who the ...
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... fought , th ' Olympic prize . But while he pain'd himself to raise his note , Falfe Reynard rufh'd , and caught him by the throat . Then on his back he laid the precious load , And fought his wonted shelter of the wood ; Swiftly he made ...
... fought , th ' Olympic prize . But while he pain'd himself to raise his note , Falfe Reynard rufh'd , and caught him by the throat . Then on his back he laid the precious load , And fought his wonted shelter of the wood ; Swiftly he made ...
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... fought a fairer , but found none so fair . He would have worn her out by flow degrees , As men by fasting starve th ' untam'd disease : But prefent love requir'd a prefent ease . Looking he feeds alone his famish'd eyes , Feeds lingring ...
... fought a fairer , but found none so fair . He would have worn her out by flow degrees , As men by fasting starve th ' untam'd disease : But prefent love requir'd a prefent ease . Looking he feeds alone his famish'd eyes , Feeds lingring ...
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... fide , furrounded by the wood : Alone he walk'd , to please his penfive mind , And fought the deepest folitude to find : Twas in a grove of spreading pines he stray'd ; 3 34 THEODORE AND HONORIA . Hard, you may think it was, to give ...
... fide , furrounded by the wood : Alone he walk'd , to please his penfive mind , And fought the deepest folitude to find : Twas in a grove of spreading pines he stray'd ; 3 34 THEODORE AND HONORIA . Hard, you may think it was, to give ...
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... fought their food And grip'd her flanks , and oft effay'd their jaws in blood . Laft came the felon on the fable steed , } Arm'd with his naked fwerd , and urg'd his dogs to speed : She ran , and cry'd : her flight dire & ly bent , ( A ...
... fought their food And grip'd her flanks , and oft effay'd their jaws in blood . Laft came the felon on the fable steed , } Arm'd with his naked fwerd , and urg'd his dogs to speed : She ran , and cry'd : her flight dire & ly bent , ( A ...
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Achilles againſt Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms becauſe beſt betwixt blood breaſt Caeneus caft call'd caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon Daedalion dame death defcended defire deſpair dream durft Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt feek feem'd feen feiz'd fent fhall fide fight fince fire firſt flain fleep fome foon forc'd fought foul freſh ftill fuch fword gueſt hand heav'n himſelf Hippodame houſe huſband join'd juſt laft laſt lefs loft look'd lov'd maid mind mix'd moſt muſt night pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prefs'd prey Priam purfu'd purſue rais'd receiv'd refolv'd reft reſt Reynard rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſweet thee thefe theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas waves whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
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Page 65 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page 153 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
Page 61 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Page 60 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
Page 167 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
Page 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
Page 3 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Page 62 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.