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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... law . And III . Yes , Thou and Latium once were great . And ftill , ye firft of 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 ...
... law . And III . Yes , Thou and Latium once were great . And ftill , ye firft of 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 ...
Page 48
... laws affign'd , And general good on partial duties plann'd , Not for ourselves our vagrant steps we bend As heedlefs Chance , or wanton Choice ordain ; On various stations various tasks attend , And Men are born to trifle or to reign ...
... laws affign'd , And general good on partial duties plann'd , Not for ourselves our vagrant steps we bend As heedlefs Chance , or wanton Choice ordain ; On various stations various tasks attend , And Men are born to trifle or to reign ...
Page 62
... laws ordain ) Ev'n now , tho ' fetter'd in corporeal clay , Climbs step by step the profpect to survey , And feeks , unweary'd , Truth's eternal ray . No fleeting joys fhe afks , which must depend On the frail senses , and with them ...
... laws ordain ) Ev'n now , tho ' fetter'd in corporeal clay , Climbs step by step the profpect to survey , And feeks , unweary'd , Truth's eternal ray . No fleeting joys fhe afks , which must depend On the frail senses , and with them ...
Page 63
... laws , and governments defign'd ?: What can this be , but fome bright ray from heaven , Some emanation from Omniscience given ? When now the rapid ftream of Eloquence Bears all before it , paffion , reason , sense , Can its dread ...
... laws , and governments defign'd ?: What can this be , but fome bright ray from heaven , Some emanation from Omniscience given ? When now the rapid ftream of Eloquence Bears all before it , paffion , reason , sense , Can its dread ...
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... 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 the dawning day , And drove the mists of ...
... 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 the dawning day , And drove the mists of ...
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