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Page vii
... as a duty which I abfolutely owe myself , to give every information that may ferve to eluci- date my meaning , and render it as univerfally plain and evident as poffible . k My lines on dry , warm Weather in Spring TO THE READER . vii.
... as a duty which I abfolutely owe myself , to give every information that may ferve to eluci- date my meaning , and render it as univerfally plain and evident as poffible . k My lines on dry , warm Weather in Spring TO THE READER . vii.
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... give . The ancient pile was rais'd and beautify'd , By hands of men who ages fince have dy'd ; And fituated in a large grave - yard , Whence tumult , noise , and hurry were debarr'd : The body fpacious , the ftructure great , The whole ...
... give . The ancient pile was rais'd and beautify'd , By hands of men who ages fince have dy'd ; And fituated in a large grave - yard , Whence tumult , noise , and hurry were debarr'd : The body fpacious , the ftructure great , The whole ...
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... gives to wretched mortals birth ? " Behold the Heav'n of Heav'ns can't thee con- « tain , " Sure in this houfe much lefs thou can't remain ! " Unequall'd words ! and worthy of his pen , Whose wisdom fhone o'er all the fons of men ! Who ...
... gives to wretched mortals birth ? " Behold the Heav'n of Heav'ns can't thee con- « tain , " Sure in this houfe much lefs thou can't remain ! " Unequall'd words ! and worthy of his pen , Whose wisdom fhone o'er all the fons of men ! Who ...
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... give way . Here those who , living , were at enmity , By Death are brought to dwell in unity . Here all embitter'd thoughts they drop , nor know The fmalleft difference ' twixt friend and foe . Perhaps their crumbling bones together all ...
... give way . Here those who , living , were at enmity , By Death are brought to dwell in unity . Here all embitter'd thoughts they drop , nor know The fmalleft difference ' twixt friend and foe . Perhaps their crumbling bones together all ...
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... give , That we together might in friendship live ; Refentment's fever from our minds erafe , Nor fuffer paffion's fierceness to increase ; Mindlefs of injuries , and free from strife , To pass the thorny road of human life ; That no ...
... give , That we together might in friendship live ; Refentment's fever from our minds erafe , Nor fuffer paffion's fierceness to increase ; Mindlefs of injuries , and free from strife , To pass the thorny road of human life ; That no ...
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Page 33 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page ix - When I was a school-boy, a relation of mine, long deceased, was so kind as to lend me the original poem of Yarico to Inkle, which he got from an intimate friend, the author of it, who had been dead many years before it came into my handS.
Page 213 - Did' it from hate, or thirft of gain proceed ? Urge nothing — for if love's not in our pow'r, Is there from gratitude requir'd no more ? That's the grand tie that fliould for ever bind, The fureft charm to fix a noble mind. *
Page 10 - Poeta nascitur, non fit. That is to say, you cannot make a poet out of a barber's block. cation of your readers, not doubting but they will agree with me, that they are as excellent in point of sentiment, as in sweetness and elegance. Medita.tion
Page 29 - Nothing more certain, and which shall endure, Than laws of Medes and Per-si-ans more sure. To say that death could from such bliss arise, A happy im-pro-pri-e-ty implies.
Page ix - I could fafely pafs with the public as the author of it — a kind of fraud, however, which I fnall never be guilty of.
Page 15 - Remember that of them you're not bereav'd, But from " the coming evil they are fav'd.
Page 213 - The virgin's envy, and the youth's delight ; Nor was my birth unequal to my fame, I from a race of fov'reign princes came. My love, the no...
Page 11 - Their former variances all obey, And to an amicable end give way. Here thofe who, living, were at enmity, By Death are brought to dwell in unity.