The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... grace , Chiefs out of war , and statesmen out of place : There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he , whose lightning pierced the ' Iberian lines , Now forms my quincunx , and now ...
... grace , Chiefs out of war , and statesmen out of place : There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he , whose lightning pierced the ' Iberian lines , Now forms my quincunx , and now ...
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... grace . Fortune not much of humbling me can boast ; Though double - tax'd , how little have I lost ! My life's amusements have been just the same , Before and after standing armies came . My lands are sold , my father's house is gone ...
... grace . Fortune not much of humbling me can boast ; Though double - tax'd , how little have I lost ! My life's amusements have been just the same , Before and after standing armies came . My lands are sold , my father's house is gone ...
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... grace - cup served with all decorum ; Each willing to be pleased , and please , And e'en the very dogs at ease ! Here no man prates of idle things , How this or that Italian sings , A neighbour's madness , or his spouse's , Or what's in ...
... grace - cup served with all decorum ; Each willing to be pleased , and please , And e'en the very dogs at ease ! Here no man prates of idle things , How this or that Italian sings , A neighbour's madness , or his spouse's , Or what's in ...
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... , if possible , with grace ; If not , by any means get wealth and place . ' For what ? to have a box where eunuchs sing , And foremost in the circle eye a king : Or he , who bids thee face with steady view EPISTLES . 25.
... , if possible , with grace ; If not , by any means get wealth and place . ' For what ? to have a box where eunuchs sing , And foremost in the circle eye a king : Or he , who bids thee face with steady view EPISTLES . 25.
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... grace at table is a song . I , who so oft renounce the Muses ' lie , Not ** ' s self e'er tells more fibs than I. When sick of Muse our follies we deplore , And promise our best friends to rhyme no more ; We wake next morning in a ...
... grace at table is a song . I , who so oft renounce the Muses ' lie , Not ** ' s self e'er tells more fibs than I. When sick of Muse our follies we deplore , And promise our best friends to rhyme no more ; We wake next morning in a ...
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