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... fide of the water , gave his friends in Ireland great offence ; they were much enraged to see him keep company with Pope , and Swift , and Gay ; they blamed his undistinguishing tafte , and wondered what pleasure he could find in the ...
... fide of the water , gave his friends in Ireland great offence ; they were much enraged to see him keep company with Pope , and Swift , and Gay ; they blamed his undistinguishing tafte , and wondered what pleasure he could find in the ...
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... fide at home . However , what he permitted the world to fee of his life was elegant and fplendid ; his fortune ( for a poet ) was very confiderable , and it may eafily be fuppofed he lived to the very extent of it . The fact is , his ...
... fide at home . However , what he permitted the world to fee of his life was elegant and fplendid ; his fortune ( for a poet ) was very confiderable , and it may eafily be fuppofed he lived to the very extent of it . The fact is , his ...
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... fide ; Unlike the reft that double human care , Fond to relieve , or refolute to fhare : Happy the man whom thus his ftars advance ! The curfe is gen'ral , but the bleffing chance . Thus fung the Sifters , while the Gods admire Their ...
... fide ; Unlike the reft that double human care , Fond to relieve , or refolute to fhare : Happy the man whom thus his ftars advance ! The curfe is gen'ral , but the bleffing chance . Thus fung the Sifters , while the Gods admire Their ...
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... , from Peleus ' race , Begot in fair Hydromede's embrace , Where by the nuptial bank that paints his fide , The swift Eridanus delights to glide . Thee Thee too , thy form , thy ftrength , and 56 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
... , from Peleus ' race , Begot in fair Hydromede's embrace , Where by the nuptial bank that paints his fide , The swift Eridanus delights to glide . Thee Thee too , thy form , thy ftrength , and 56 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
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... fide , and torrents at their feet , Or lazy lakes unconscious of a flood , Whose dull brown Naiads ever fleep in mud . Yet here Content can dwell , and learned eafe , A friend delight me , and an author please , Ev'n here I fing , while ...
... fide , and torrents at their feet , Or lazy lakes unconscious of a flood , Whose dull brown Naiads ever fleep in mud . Yet here Content can dwell , and learned eafe , A friend delight me , and an author please , Ev'n here I fing , while ...
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Page 88 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 88 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The...
Page 136 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
Page 123 - Know God — and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
Page 134 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial...
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Page 126 - And hail, my son," the reverend sire replied ; Words follow'd words, from question answer flow'd, And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road; Till each with other pleas'd, and loth to part, While in their age they differ, join in heart: Thus stands an aged elm in ivy bound, Thus youthful ivy clasps an elm around. Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...
Page 121 - Through rocks amidst the foaming sea, To gain thy love, and then perceives Thou wert not in the rocks and waves ; The silent heart which grief assails, Treads soft and lonesome .o'er the vales, Sees daisies open, rivers run, And seeks (as I have vainly done,) Amusing thought ; but learns to know, That solitude's the nurse of woe.
Page 132 - Before the pilgrims part, the younger crept Near the clos'd cradle where an infant slept, And writh'd his neck.
Page 32 - Without a bunch behind. The story told, Sir Topaz mov'd, The youth of Edith erst approv'd, To see the revel scene : At close of eve he leaves his home, And wends to find the ruin'd dome, All on the gloomy plain. As there he bides, it...