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 73
... looks abroad , and prunes herself for flight ; Like an unwilling inmate longs to roam From this dull earth , and seek her native home . Go then forgetful of its toil and ftrife , Pursue the joys of this fallacious life ; Like fome poor ...
... looks abroad , and prunes herself for flight ; Like an unwilling inmate longs to roam From this dull earth , and seek her native home . Go then forgetful of its toil and ftrife , Pursue the joys of this fallacious life ; Like fome poor ...
Page 86
... looks within , and fhudders at the fight : When threatning Death uplifts his pointed dart , With what impatience he applies to art , Life to prolong amidst disease and pains ! Why this , if after it no fenfe remains ? Why fhou'd he ...
... looks within , and fhudders at the fight : When threatning Death uplifts his pointed dart , With what impatience he applies to art , Life to prolong amidst disease and pains ! Why this , if after it no fenfe remains ? Why fhou'd he ...
Page 97
... look for real bliss ; Elfe why should heav'n excite the hope to find What balk'd pursuit muft here for ever miss ? XXXXXXXXXX < * > XXXXXXXXXX The GROTTO : An ODE to SILENCE . Co By the Same . OME , mufing Silence , nor refufe to fhed ...
... look for real bliss ; Elfe why should heav'n excite the hope to find What balk'd pursuit muft here for ever miss ? XXXXXXXXXX < * > XXXXXXXXXX The GROTTO : An ODE to SILENCE . Co By the Same . OME , mufing Silence , nor refufe to fhed ...
Page 113
... looks and air , Here candid Truth , and sweet Perfuafion there : She , fhe is Wifdom . In her ftedfast eye Behold th ' oppreffive type of certainty : Certain her way , and permanent the deed Of gift fubftantial to her friends decreed ...
... looks and air , Here candid Truth , and sweet Perfuafion there : She , fhe is Wifdom . In her ftedfast eye Behold th ' oppreffive type of certainty : Certain her way , and permanent the deed Of gift fubftantial to her friends decreed ...
Page 115
... Look upward to the hill beyond the grove , A fovereign pile extends its front above : Stately and strong , the lofty caftle stands , 380 385 390 Its boundless prospect all the courts commands . 395 Within the porch , high on a jasper ...
... Look upward to the hill beyond the grove , A fovereign pile extends its front above : Stately and strong , the lofty caftle stands , 380 385 390 Its boundless prospect all the courts commands . 395 Within the porch , high on a jasper ...
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