Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas TomkinsJ. Wallis, 1782 - 204 pages |
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... fuch as deferve to be la- mented ; and PASTORAL , to fing the inno cence and pleasures of rural life . To promote fuch defirable ends , the study of Poetry has ever met with the fanction and encouragement of men the most eminent for ...
... fuch as deferve to be la- mented ; and PASTORAL , to fing the inno cence and pleasures of rural life . To promote fuch defirable ends , the study of Poetry has ever met with the fanction and encouragement of men the most eminent for ...
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... fuch poems as have been univerfally esteemed the first orna- ments of our language , and admired , not only for purity of fentiment , but for beauty and har- mony of numbers . HEALTH , an Eclogue . Edwin and Angelina . Hymn TO THE ...
... fuch poems as have been univerfally esteemed the first orna- ments of our language , and admired , not only for purity of fentiment , but for beauty and har- mony of numbers . HEALTH , an Eclogue . Edwin and Angelina . Hymn TO THE ...
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... fuch as make me rather good than great . Or o'er the works of eafy fancy rove , Where flutes and innocence amufe the grove : The native bard that on Sicilian plains` Firft fung the lowly manners of the swains ; Or Maro's mufe that in ...
... fuch as make me rather good than great . Or o'er the works of eafy fancy rove , Where flutes and innocence amufe the grove : The native bard that on Sicilian plains` Firft fung the lowly manners of the swains ; Or Maro's mufe that in ...
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... skill , what force divine , Deep felt , in these appear ! a simple train , Yet fo delightful mix'd , with fuch kind art , Such beauty and beneficence combin'd , Shade , unperceiv'd , 24 SELECT POEMS . Hymn from the Seafons Thomfon.
... skill , what force divine , Deep felt , in these appear ! a simple train , Yet fo delightful mix'd , with fuch kind art , Such beauty and beneficence combin'd , Shade , unperceiv'd , 24 SELECT POEMS . Hymn from the Seafons Thomfon.
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... fuch conftant care , Is more than human ftrength can bear ; One may obferve it in your face- Indeed , my dear , you break apace : And nothing can your health repair , But exercife and country air . Sir Traffic has a houfe , you know ...
... fuch conftant care , Is more than human ftrength can bear ; One may obferve it in your face- Indeed , my dear , you break apace : And nothing can your health repair , But exercife and country air . Sir Traffic has a houfe , you know ...
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