The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 39-40Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... deign To rank me with the Lyric train , Aloft the towering Muse shall rife Qn bolder wings , and gain the skies . Te Doctarum Hederæ , & c . An Epiftle to my Friend Mr. ELIJAH FENTON ,. Author D 4 An FIRST ODE OF HORACE . 39.
... deign To rank me with the Lyric train , Aloft the towering Muse shall rife Qn bolder wings , and gain the skies . Te Doctarum Hederæ , & c . An Epiftle to my Friend Mr. ELIJAH FENTON ,. Author D 4 An FIRST ODE OF HORACE . 39.
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... Muse the tragic bufkin wears , Great Sophocles revives and re - appears ; While regularly bold , fhe nobly fings . Strains , worthy to detain the ears of kings ; If by thy hand th ' Homeric lyre be strung , The lyre returns fuch founds ...
... Muse the tragic bufkin wears , Great Sophocles revives and re - appears ; While regularly bold , fhe nobly fings . Strains , worthy to detain the ears of kings ; If by thy hand th ' Homeric lyre be strung , The lyre returns fuch founds ...
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... Muse be crown'd , And plant her laurels in more fruitful ground ; The grateful Muse shall in return bestow Her fpreading laurels to adorn thy brow . ADDITION . * Firm to thy king , and to thy country brave ; Loyal , yet free ; a subject ...
... Muse be crown'd , And plant her laurels in more fruitful ground ; The grateful Muse shall in return bestow Her fpreading laurels to adorn thy brow . ADDITION . * Firm to thy king , and to thy country brave ; Loyal , yet free ; a subject ...
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... ; Poor are the brethren of the bays , Down from high strains , to ekes and ayes . The Muses too are virgins yet , And may be - till they portions get . Yet Yet ftill the doating rhymer dreams , And fings of 88 BROOME'S POEMS .
... ; Poor are the brethren of the bays , Down from high strains , to ekes and ayes . The Muses too are virgins yet , And may be - till they portions get . Yet Yet ftill the doating rhymer dreams , And fings of 88 BROOME'S POEMS .
Page 89
... Muses stray , And love in flowery meads to play ; An idle crew ! whofe only trade is To shine in trifles , like our ladies ; In dreffing , dancing , toying , finging , While wifer Pallas thrives by fpinning ; Thus they gain nothing to ...
... Muses stray , And love in flowery meads to play ; An idle crew ! whofe only trade is To shine in trifles , like our ladies ; In dreffing , dancing , toying , finging , While wifer Pallas thrives by fpinning ; Thus they gain nothing to ...
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