La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1J. Bell, 1810 |
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... heav'n , once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To sluinber here , as in the vales of ...
... heav'n , once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To sluinber here , as in the vales of ...
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... Heav'n hides nothing from thy Nor the deep tract of hell , say first what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heav'u so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint ...
... Heav'n hides nothing from thy Nor the deep tract of hell , say first what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heav'u so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint ...
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... heav'n As from the center thrice to th ' utmost pole . O how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns , and welt'ring by ...
... heav'n As from the center thrice to th ' utmost pole . O how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns , and welt'ring by ...
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... Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I should be , all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th ' Almighty hath not built Here for his ...
... Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I should be , all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th ' Almighty hath not built Here for his ...
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... heav'n , once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To sluinber here , as in the vales of ...
... heav'n , once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To sluinber here , as in the vales of ...
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Page 14 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 28 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 28 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 3 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 59 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 84 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 60 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...