The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 - English poetry |
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Page 12
... vex'd the Red - fea coaft , whofe waves o'er- Bufiris and his Memphian chivalry , While with perfidious hatred they purfued The fojourners of Gothen , who beheld From the fafe fhore their floating carcafes And broken chariot wheels : fo ...
... vex'd the Red - fea coaft , whofe waves o'er- Bufiris and his Memphian chivalry , While with perfidious hatred they purfued The fojourners of Gothen , who beheld From the fafe fhore their floating carcafes And broken chariot wheels : fo ...
Page 21
... Vex'd Scylla bathing in the fea that parts Calabria from the hoarfe Trinacrian fhore : Nor uglier follow the night - hag , when call'd In fecret , riding through the air fhe comes , Lur'd with the fmell of infant blood , to dance With ...
... Vex'd Scylla bathing in the fea that parts Calabria from the hoarfe Trinacrian fhore : Nor uglier follow the night - hag , when call'd In fecret , riding through the air fhe comes , Lur'd with the fmell of infant blood , to dance With ...
Page 29
... vex'd with tempeft loud : Here walk'd the Fiend at large in fpacious field . As when a vulture , on Imaus bred , Whofe fnowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds , Diflodging from a region fcarce of prey , To gorge the flesh of lambs or ...
... vex'd with tempeft loud : Here walk'd the Fiend at large in fpacious field . As when a vulture , on Imaus bred , Whofe fnowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds , Diflodging from a region fcarce of prey , To gorge the flesh of lambs or ...
Page 83
... vex'd abyfs , following the track Of Satan to the felf fame place where he First lighted from his wing , and landed fafe From out of Chaos , to the outfide bare Of this round world : with pins of adamant And chains they made all fast ...
... vex'd abyfs , following the track Of Satan to the felf fame place where he First lighted from his wing , and landed fafe From out of Chaos , to the outfide bare Of this round world : with pins of adamant And chains they made all fast ...
Page 122
... vex'd wildernefs , whofe tallest pines , Though rooted deep as high , and sturdiest oaks , Bow'd their stiff necks , loaden with ftormy blatts ; Or torn up fheer : ill waft thou shrouded then , O patient Son of God , yet only stood'st ...
... vex'd wildernefs , whofe tallest pines , Though rooted deep as high , and sturdiest oaks , Bow'd their stiff necks , loaden with ftormy blatts ; Or torn up fheer : ill waft thou shrouded then , O patient Son of God , yet only stood'st ...
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