La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1J. Bell, 1810 |
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... pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of heav'n , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; th ' unconquerable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage never to ...
... pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of heav'n , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; th ' unconquerable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage never to ...
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... pow'r to mitigate and swage With solemu touches troubled thoughts , and chase [ pain , Auguish and doubt , and fear and sorrow , and From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought Mov'd on in ...
... pow'r to mitigate and swage With solemu touches troubled thoughts , and chase [ pain , Auguish and doubt , and fear and sorrow , and From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought Mov'd on in ...
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... pow'r of mind Foresecing or presaging , from the depth Ofknowledge past or present , could have fear'd , How such united force of gods , how such As stood like these , could ever know repulse ? For who can yet believe , though after ...
... pow'r of mind Foresecing or presaging , from the depth Ofknowledge past or present , could have fear'd , How such united force of gods , how such As stood like these , could ever know repulse ? For who can yet believe , though after ...
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... pow'r , with awful ceremony Aud trumpet's sound , throughout the host proclaim flowers Fly to and fro , or on the smoothed plank , The suburb of their straw - built citadel , New rubb'd with balm , expatiate and confer Their state ...
... pow'r , with awful ceremony Aud trumpet's sound , throughout the host proclaim flowers Fly to and fro , or on the smoothed plank , The suburb of their straw - built citadel , New rubb'd with balm , expatiate and confer Their state ...
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... pow'r and excellence , but favour'd more By policy , and long process of time , In emulation opposite to Heav'n . Which when Beelzebub perceiv'd than whom , Satan except , none higher sat , with grave Aspect he rose , and in his rising ...
... pow'r and excellence , but favour'd more By policy , and long process of time , In emulation opposite to Heav'n . Which when Beelzebub perceiv'd than whom , Satan except , none higher sat , with grave Aspect he rose , and in his rising ...
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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...