Hermas, Or the Acarian Shepherds: A Poem. In Sixteen Books. The Author, John Spencer. ...T. Saint, 1772 |
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... nature's mighty plan , The state , the being , and the end of man ; For what decreed , what purpose , or what fate Th ' All - forming Effence did him first create : Immers'd , in worlds of thought , on all we fee , Space , motion ...
... nature's mighty plan , The state , the being , and the end of man ; For what decreed , what purpose , or what fate Th ' All - forming Effence did him first create : Immers'd , in worlds of thought , on all we fee , Space , motion ...
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... Nature's grand order canft thou comprehend , Trace all its works , and know their deftin'd end ? Thou feeft them act , but whence , thou canst not fee , The mighty fecret's hidden far from thee . Thus human folly , and our human fate ...
... Nature's grand order canft thou comprehend , Trace all its works , and know their deftin'd end ? Thou feeft them act , but whence , thou canst not fee , The mighty fecret's hidden far from thee . Thus human folly , and our human fate ...
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... nature feels its own decay , That life might steal infenfibly away ! • Free from bewilder'd thoughts that ever range ... nature's vaft machine ; Judgment , and fancy , with divided light , • Confuse thy notions , and elude thy fight ...
... nature feels its own decay , That life might steal infenfibly away ! • Free from bewilder'd thoughts that ever range ... nature's vaft machine ; Judgment , and fancy , with divided light , • Confuse thy notions , and elude thy fight ...
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... nature's felf fhall be no more ; Retir'd , improves the blissful joys the feels , And with celestial meditation dwells . Far hence from groveling crowds thefe wonders lye , Far in the bofom of immensity ! They're undefcern'd by grandeur ...
... nature's felf fhall be no more ; Retir'd , improves the blissful joys the feels , And with celestial meditation dwells . Far hence from groveling crowds thefe wonders lye , Far in the bofom of immensity ! They're undefcern'd by grandeur ...
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... nature's flowery care , They often crop❜d , and fnuff'd the spicey air ; The feather'd choir , midst waving copfes near , Tun'd their loud carrols to the rifing year ; Whilft fun - deck'd hills , wide opening to the fight , Spread o'er ...
... nature's flowery care , They often crop❜d , and fnuff'd the spicey air ; The feather'd choir , midst waving copfes near , Tun'd their loud carrols to the rifing year ; Whilft fun - deck'd hills , wide opening to the fight , Spread o'er ...
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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