The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 17Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... heart with fear confounding , A sad troop of ghosts appear'd , All in dreary hammocs shrouded , Which for winding ... heart's warm motion , To have quell'd the pride of Spain . " For resistance I could fear none , But with twenty ships ...
... heart with fear confounding , A sad troop of ghosts appear'd , All in dreary hammocs shrouded , Which for winding ... heart's warm motion , To have quell'd the pride of Spain . " For resistance I could fear none , But with twenty ships ...
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... heart ; and now thy name Was heard in thunder through th ' affrighted shores Of pale Iberia , of submissive Gaul , And Tagus , trembling to his utmost source . O ever faithful , vigilant , and brave , Thou bold assertor of Britannia's ...
... heart ; and now thy name Was heard in thunder through th ' affrighted shores Of pale Iberia , of submissive Gaul , And Tagus , trembling to his utmost source . O ever faithful , vigilant , and brave , Thou bold assertor of Britannia's ...
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... heart , exulting , answers to thy call , And smiles on glorious fate . To live with fame The gods allow to many ; but to die With equal lustre is a blessing Jove Among the choicest of his boons reserves , Which but on few his sparing ...
... heart , exulting , answers to thy call , And smiles on glorious fate . To live with fame The gods allow to many ; but to die With equal lustre is a blessing Jove Among the choicest of his boons reserves , Which but on few his sparing ...
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... heart o'erflow'd In tend'rest passion . Then in eager haste The faithful partner of his bed he sought . Amid her weeping children sat the queen Immoveable and mute . Her swimming eyes Bent to the earth . Her arms were folded o'er Her ...
... heart o'erflow'd In tend'rest passion . Then in eager haste The faithful partner of his bed he sought . Amid her weeping children sat the queen Immoveable and mute . Her swimming eyes Bent to the earth . Her arms were folded o'er Her ...
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... heart - felt gladness deems the golden age Subsisting , where thou governst . Still these tones Of joy continu'd may thy dwellings hear !. Still may this plenty , unmolested , crown The favour'd district ! May thy rev'rend dust Have ...
... heart - felt gladness deems the golden age Subsisting , where thou governst . Still these tones Of joy continu'd may thy dwellings hear !. Still may this plenty , unmolested , crown The favour'd district ! May thy rev'rend dust Have ...
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