Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue : and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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... thousand lamps that pour'd a flood of light , The kifs of peace from all the vestal throng : The golden cenfer tofs'd with graceful hand , Whofe fragrant breath Arabian odour shed : Of meek - ey'd novices the circling band , With ...
... thousand lamps that pour'd a flood of light , The kifs of peace from all the vestal throng : The golden cenfer tofs'd with graceful hand , Whofe fragrant breath Arabian odour shed : Of meek - ey'd novices the circling band , With ...
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... thousand fhapes you wear with eafe , And ftill in ev'ry shape you pleafe , Now wrapt in fome myfterious dream , A lone philofopher you feem ; Now quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you fweep the vaulted fky , A fhepherd next ...
... thousand fhapes you wear with eafe , And ftill in ev'ry shape you pleafe , Now wrapt in fome myfterious dream , A lone philofopher you feem ; Now quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you fweep the vaulted fky , A fhepherd next ...
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... thousand worlds are round . Let not this weak , unknowing hand , Prefume thy bolts to throw , And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe . * If I am right , thy grace impart , Still in the right to stay : If I am wrong ...
... thousand worlds are round . Let not this weak , unknowing hand , Prefume thy bolts to throw , And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe . * If I am right , thy grace impart , Still in the right to stay : If I am wrong ...
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... thousand thousand precious gifts , My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the leaft a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts with joy . Through ev'ry period of my life , Thy goodness I'll purfue ; And , after death , in distant worlds , The ...
... thousand thousand precious gifts , My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the leaft a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts with joy . Through ev'ry period of my life , Thy goodness I'll purfue ; And , after death , in distant worlds , The ...
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... thousand thousand fathoms ! there to rust , And ne'er unlock her refolution more . The deep refounds , and hell , through all her gloom , Returns , in groans , the melancholy roar ! O how unlike the chorus of the skies ! O how unlike ...
... thousand thousand fathoms ! there to rust , And ne'er unlock her refolution more . The deep refounds , and hell , through all her gloom , Returns , in groans , the melancholy roar ! O how unlike the chorus of the skies ! O how unlike ...
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æther beauty beneath beſtow bids bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms cheek clouds DAVID GARRICK defcends deſpair e'er earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing flame fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic muſt Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride refign'd reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe whoſe wings youth