Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 112
... prince , tho ' hard to conquer ' Tis easy to divert and break its force . [ love , Abfence might cure it , or a fecond miftrefs Light up another flame , and put out this . The glowing dames of Zama's royal court Have faces flufh'd with ...
... prince , tho ' hard to conquer ' Tis easy to divert and break its force . [ love , Abfence might cure it , or a fecond miftrefs Light up another flame , and put out this . The glowing dames of Zama's royal court Have faces flufh'd with ...
Page 116
... prince , that valour foars above What the world calls misfortune and affliction . These are not ills ; elfe would they never fall On Heav'n's first fav'rites and the best of men . The gods , in bounty , work up forms about us , That ...
... prince , that valour foars above What the world calls misfortune and affliction . These are not ills ; elfe would they never fall On Heav'n's first fav'rites and the best of men . The gods , in bounty , work up forms about us , That ...
Page 117
... prince , behold thefe locks , that are grown white Beneath a helmet in your father's battles . Jub . Thofe locks fhall ne'er protect thy in- folence . Sy . Must one rafh word , th ' infirmity of age , Throw down the merit of my better ...
... prince , behold thefe locks , that are grown white Beneath a helmet in your father's battles . Jub . Thofe locks fhall ne'er protect thy in- folence . Sy . Must one rafh word , th ' infirmity of age , Throw down the merit of my better ...
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