Hermas, Or the Acarian Shepherds: A Poem. In Sixteen Books. The Author, John Spencer. ...T. Saint, 1772 |
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... facred , and inviolable friendship , which fubfifted between us , for a series of more than twenty years , hath created a fort of fecret defire , that , as in life we were so inti- mately united , we may not in death be altogether di ...
... facred , and inviolable friendship , which fubfifted between us , for a series of more than twenty years , hath created a fort of fecret defire , that , as in life we were so inti- mately united , we may not in death be altogether di ...
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... facred , and inviolable friendship , which fubfifted between . us , for a series of more than twenty years , hath created a fort of fecret defire , that , as in life we were so inti . mately united , we may not in death be altogether di ...
... facred , and inviolable friendship , which fubfifted between . us , for a series of more than twenty years , hath created a fort of fecret defire , that , as in life we were so inti . mately united , we may not in death be altogether di ...
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... facred truths , which heaven has recorded for us , as a guide to walk by . I know not whether the fpecies of poetry I have chofen , may be allowed to be ftrictly of the pastoral kind , as it has an introduction that leads to the Aca ...
... facred truths , which heaven has recorded for us , as a guide to walk by . I know not whether the fpecies of poetry I have chofen , may be allowed to be ftrictly of the pastoral kind , as it has an introduction that leads to the Aca ...
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... facred and prophane , tef- tifies that poets , lawgivers , prophets , and kings , have , been fhepherds and herdfmen . Who then can queftion , the dignity and elegance of their compofitions . No doubt but their poetical fubjects were ...
... facred and prophane , tef- tifies that poets , lawgivers , prophets , and kings , have , been fhepherds and herdfmen . Who then can queftion , the dignity and elegance of their compofitions . No doubt but their poetical fubjects were ...
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... true wisdom's facred lore , And mark those heights be bids the mortal foar , That one fupreme beatitude below , Summit of All , our race of beings know , Α That That brings contentment to the human breaft , And finds HERMAS, ...
... true wisdom's facred lore , And mark those heights be bids the mortal foar , That one fupreme beatitude below , Summit of All , our race of beings know , Α That That brings contentment to the human breaft , And finds HERMAS, ...
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æther ASTROPHIL bleffings bleft blifs boaft bofom breaſt Canft thou cauſe cou'd curfe dæmons darkneſs death defign DELIANS delight deſpair divine dreadful duft e'er earth elfe endleſs eternal everlaſting facred falfe fame fate fecret feek feem feen fhade fhall fhame fhepherd fhew fhine fhou'd filent fink firft firſt fkies fleep folemn folly fome foon form'd foul ftate ftill fublime fuch fure fwains gloom glory groan happineſs heart heaven HERMAS hope joys laft laſt life's loft mercy mifery mighty mind mortal muft muſt nature's ne'er o'er paffions plains pleaſures praiſe preſent pride purfue purſue reafon refign'd reft reign rife riſe ſcene ſhall ſhine ſkies ſpace ſpread ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thro throne treaſures truth undone unknown vaft vale vice views vifion virtue wafte wealth whence Whilft whofe Whoſe wild wiſdom wiſh wou'd