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Page 93
... O'er which lame Faith leads Understanding blind ; Lest he'd perplex the things he would explain , And what was easy he should render vain . Or if a work so infinite he span'd , Jealous I was , that some less skilful hand ( Such as ...
... O'er which lame Faith leads Understanding blind ; Lest he'd perplex the things he would explain , And what was easy he should render vain . Or if a work so infinite he span'd , Jealous I was , that some less skilful hand ( Such as ...
Page 96
... bust behold , Or trace his form on circulating gold . Unknown , -unheeded , long his offspring lay , And want hung threatening o'er her slow decay . What though she shine with no Miltonian fire , No 96 ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON .
... bust behold , Or trace his form on circulating gold . Unknown , -unheeded , long his offspring lay , And want hung threatening o'er her slow decay . What though she shine with no Miltonian fire , No 96 ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON .
Page 99
... o'er her youthful breast Spread with his own right hand Perfection's gor- geous vest . FROM DR . ROBERTS ' EPISTLE ON THE ENGLISH POETS . ADDRESSED TO CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY , ESQ . POET of other times ! to thee I bow With lowliest ...
... o'er her youthful breast Spread with his own right hand Perfection's gor- geous vest . FROM DR . ROBERTS ' EPISTLE ON THE ENGLISH POETS . ADDRESSED TO CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY , ESQ . POET of other times ! to thee I bow With lowliest ...
Page 108
... o'er - power'd such force as Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire ; Or do him mightier service as his thralls By right of war , whate'er his ...
... o'er - power'd such force as Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire ; Or do him mightier service as his thralls By right of war , whate'er his ...
Page 113
... o'er- Busiris and his Memphian chivalry , [ threw While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen , who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels ; so thick bestrown , Abject and ...
... o'er- Busiris and his Memphian chivalry , [ threw While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen , who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels ; so thick bestrown , Abject and ...
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