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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Page 65
... should I try her num'rous fons to name By verfe , law , eloquence confign'd to fame ? Or who have forc'd fair Science into fight Long loft in darknefs , and afraid of light . O'er all fuperior , like the folar ray First Bacon ufher'd in ...
... should I try her num'rous fons to name By verfe , law , eloquence confign'd to fame ? Or who have forc'd fair Science into fight Long loft in darknefs , and afraid of light . O'er all fuperior , like the folar ray First Bacon ufher'd in ...
Page 67
... should I mention thofe , whofe ouzy foil Is render'd fertile by th ' o'erflowing Nile , Their dead they bury not , nor burn with fires , No graves they dig , erect no funʼral pires , E 2 } But , But , washing first th ' embowel'd body ...
... should I mention thofe , whofe ouzy foil Is render'd fertile by th ' o'erflowing Nile , Their dead they bury not , nor burn with fires , No graves they dig , erect no funʼral pires , E 2 } But , But , washing first th ' embowel'd body ...
Page 70
... should ripen the decrees of Fate , Some God would light us , like the rifing day , Thro ' error's maze , and chase these clouds away . Long fince has Time fulfill'd this great decree , And brought us aid from this divinity . Well worth ...
... should ripen the decrees of Fate , Some God would light us , like the rifing day , Thro ' error's maze , and chase these clouds away . Long fince has Time fulfill'd this great decree , And brought us aid from this divinity . Well worth ...
Page 85
... should quite his pow'r disown , He makes that pow'r to trembling nations known : But rarely this ; not for each vulgar end , As Superftition's idle tales pretend , Who thinks all foes to God , who are her own , Directs his thunder , and ...
... should quite his pow'r disown , He makes that pow'r to trembling nations known : But rarely this ; not for each vulgar end , As Superftition's idle tales pretend , Who thinks all foes to God , who are her own , Directs his thunder , and ...
Page 91
... should ' scape my fight , From these gay flow'rs , which border near my eye , To yon bright cloud , that decks , with richeft light , The gilded mantle of the weftern sky . With ample gaze , I'd trace that ridge remote , Where op'ning ...
... should ' scape my fight , From these gay flow'rs , which border near my eye , To yon bright cloud , that decks , with richeft light , The gilded mantle of the weftern sky . With ample gaze , I'd trace that ridge remote , Where op'ning ...
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