The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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... tears shall flow from a more generous cause , Such tears as patriots fhed for dying laws : He bids your breafts with ancient ardor rife , And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes : Virtue confefs'd in human fhape he draws , What ...
... tears shall flow from a more generous cause , Such tears as patriots fhed for dying laws : He bids your breafts with ancient ardor rife , And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes : Virtue confefs'd in human fhape he draws , What ...
Page 257
John Newbery. Thus , while he fung , Ulyes ' griefs renew , Tears bathe his cheeks , and tears the ground bedew : Conceal'd he griev'd : the king obferv'd alone The filent tear , and heard the secret groan : Then to the bard aloud : O ...
John Newbery. Thus , while he fung , Ulyes ' griefs renew , Tears bathe his cheeks , and tears the ground bedew : Conceal'd he griev'd : the king obferv'd alone The filent tear , and heard the secret groan : Then to the bard aloud : O ...
Page 373
... tears and complaints on this occafion is truly fenfible and pathetic . I fee , I feel thy anguish , nor my foul Has ever known the prevalence of love , E'er prov'd a father's fondness , as this hour ; Nor , when moft ardent to affert my ...
... tears and complaints on this occafion is truly fenfible and pathetic . I fee , I feel thy anguish , nor my foul Has ever known the prevalence of love , E'er prov'd a father's fondness , as this hour ; Nor , when moft ardent to affert my ...
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