The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... foon fet them all at odds And had I Homer's pen , I'd fing ye , how they drank like Gods , And how they fought like Men . To part the fray , the Graces fly , Who make them foon agree ; Nay , had the Furies felves been nigh , They ftill ...
... foon fet them all at odds And had I Homer's pen , I'd fing ye , how they drank like Gods , And how they fought like Men . To part the fray , the Graces fly , Who make them foon agree ; Nay , had the Furies felves been nigh , They ftill ...
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... foon as Dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind , Which made him want fuccefs . With lufty livelyhed he talks , He feems a ...
... foon as Dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind , Which made him want fuccefs . With lufty livelyhed he talks , He feems a ...
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... foon took wind ; - And beauteous Edith fees the youth . Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Without a bunch behind . The story told , Sir Topaz mov'd , The youth of Edith erst approv❜d , To fee the revel scene : At close of eve ...
... foon took wind ; - And beauteous Edith fees the youth . Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Without a bunch behind . The story told , Sir Topaz mov'd , The youth of Edith erst approv❜d , To fee the revel scene : At close of eve ...
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... foon took place , In every fettling feature of his face ; When from his veft the young companion bore That cup , the generous Landlord own`d before , And And paid profufely with the precious bowb The ftinted kindness 843 PARNELL'S POEM S.
... foon took place , In every fettling feature of his face ; When from his veft the young companion bore That cup , the generous Landlord own`d before , And And paid profufely with the precious bowb The ftinted kindness 843 PARNELL'S POEM S.
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... foon ( ah fading state of things below ! ) The scythe destructive mows the lovely shew , The rifing fun thus faw their glories high ; That fun defcended , fees their glories die .. We ftill with more than common haste of fate Are doom'd ...
... foon ( ah fading state of things below ! ) The scythe destructive mows the lovely shew , The rifing fun thus faw their glories high ; That fun defcended , fees their glories die .. We ftill with more than common haste of fate Are doom'd ...
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