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What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ? What tho ' nor real voice nor found Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's car they all rejoice , And utter forth a glorious voice , For ever finging ...
What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ? What tho ' nor real voice nor found Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's car they all rejoice , And utter forth a glorious voice , For ever finging ...
Page 88
The Furies sink upon their iron beds , And snakes uncurl'd hang liftning round their heads . By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er the Elysian fow'rs ; By those happy fouls who dwell In yellow meads of ...
The Furies sink upon their iron beds , And snakes uncurl'd hang liftning round their heads . By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er the Elysian fow'rs ; By those happy fouls who dwell In yellow meads of ...
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Shall half the new built churches round thee fall ? Make keys , build bridges , or repair Whiteball ; Or to thy country let that heap be lent , As M * o's was , but not at five e per cent . Who thinks that Fortune cannot change her mind ...
Shall half the new built churches round thee fall ? Make keys , build bridges , or repair Whiteball ; Or to thy country let that heap be lent , As M * o's was , but not at five e per cent . Who thinks that Fortune cannot change her mind ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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