Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. J. Philips. WalshSamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... elfe , either furreptitiously before , or avowedly after , my death : and this will be the more excufable , when the reader fhall know in what refpects he may look upon me as a dead , or at least a dying perfon , and upon my Mufe in ...
... elfe , either furreptitiously before , or avowedly after , my death : and this will be the more excufable , when the reader fhall know in what refpects he may look upon me as a dead , or at least a dying perfon , and upon my Mufe in ...
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... elfe between . Men doubt , because they stand fo thick th sky , If those be stars which paint the Galaxy . ' Tis not when two like words make up one noife ( Jets for Dutch men and English boys ) ; In which who finds out Wit , the fame ...
... elfe between . Men doubt , because they stand fo thick th sky , If those be stars which paint the Galaxy . ' Tis not when two like words make up one noife ( Jets for Dutch men and English boys ) ; In which who finds out Wit , the fame ...
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... elfe by mutual fury fall , Whilft Rhine and Sequan for our armies call : Chufe war er peace , you have a prince , you know , As fit for both , as both are fit for you ; Furious as lightning , when war's tempeft came , But calm in peace ...
... elfe by mutual fury fall , Whilft Rhine and Sequan for our armies call : Chufe war er peace , you have a prince , you know , As fit for both , as both are fit for you ; Furious as lightning , when war's tempeft came , But calm in peace ...
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... elfe above , On him who us'd it first in love ! Gold begets in brethren hate ; Gold in families debate ; Gold does friendships separate ; Gold does civil wars create . These the smallest harms of it ! Gold , alas ! does love beget ...
... elfe above , On him who us'd it first in love ! Gold begets in brethren hate ; Gold in families debate ; Gold does friendships separate ; Gold does civil wars create . These the smallest harms of it ! Gold , alas ! does love beget ...
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... elfe but Acme grow ) Acme's bofom was alone The whole world's imperial throne ; And to faithful Acme's mind Septimius was all human - kind . If the Gods would please to be But advis'd for once by me , I'd advise them , when they spy Any ...
... elfe but Acme grow ) Acme's bofom was alone The whole world's imperial throne ; And to faithful Acme's mind Septimius was all human - kind . If the Gods would please to be But advis'd for once by me , I'd advise them , when they spy Any ...
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