The Works of the British Poets, Volume 4John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 pages |
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... moft Heavy and moft faint ; and in these labours they , ' Gainft whom thou fhouldft complain , will in thy way Become great feas , o'er which , when thou shalt be Forc'd to make golden bridges , thou shalt fee That all thy gold was ...
... moft Heavy and moft faint ; and in these labours they , ' Gainft whom thou fhouldft complain , will in thy way Become great feas , o'er which , when thou shalt be Forc'd to make golden bridges , thou shalt fee That all thy gold was ...
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... moft populous , Thus folitary , and like a widow thus ? Ampleft of nations , queen of provinces She was , who now thus tributary is . 2. Still in the night fhe weeps , and her tears fall Down by her cheeks along , and none of all Her ...
... moft populous , Thus folitary , and like a widow thus ? Ampleft of nations , queen of provinces She was , who now thus tributary is . 2. Still in the night fhe weeps , and her tears fall Down by her cheeks along , and none of all Her ...
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... moft fhapes . All times , before the law Yok'd us , and when , and fince , in this I fing , And the great World t ' his aged evening , From infant morn through manly noon I draw : What the gold Chaldee or filver Perfian faw , Greek ...
... moft fhapes . All times , before the law Yok'd us , and when , and fince , in this I fing , And the great World t ' his aged evening , From infant morn through manly noon I draw : What the gold Chaldee or filver Perfian faw , Greek ...
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... moft good . XVIII . To an unfetter'd Soul's quick nimble hafte Are falling flars and hearts thoughts but flow pac'd , Thinner than burnt air flies this Soul , and fhe , Whom four new coming and four parting funs Had found , and left the ...
... moft good . XVIII . To an unfetter'd Soul's quick nimble hafte Are falling flars and hearts thoughts but flow pac'd , Thinner than burnt air flies this Soul , and fhe , Whom four new coming and four parting funs Had found , and left the ...
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... moft he doth ftay With Adam's fifth daughter , Siphatecia ; Doth gaze on her , and where the paffeth pass , Gathers her fruits . and tumbles on the grafs ; And , wifeft of that kind , the first true lover was . XLVII . He was the first ...
... moft he doth ftay With Adam's fifth daughter , Siphatecia ; Doth gaze on her , and where the paffeth pass , Gathers her fruits . and tumbles on the grafs ; And , wifeft of that kind , the first true lover was . XLVII . He was the first ...
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