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... God : A port of calms , a state of ease From the rough rage of fwelling feas . Why , then , thy flowing fable ftoles , Deep pending cyprefs , mourning poles , Loofe scarfs to fall ' athwart thy weeds , Long palls , drawn herfes , cover ...
... God : A port of calms , a state of ease From the rough rage of fwelling feas . Why , then , thy flowing fable ftoles , Deep pending cyprefs , mourning poles , Loofe scarfs to fall ' athwart thy weeds , Long palls , drawn herfes , cover ...
Page 52
... god to wear . Far other ornaments compofe The garb that shrouds diffembl'd woes , Piec'd out with motley dies and forts , Freaks , whimfies , feftivals , and sports : The The troubl'd mind's fantastic drefs , Which madness titles ...
... god to wear . Far other ornaments compofe The garb that shrouds diffembl'd woes , Piec'd out with motley dies and forts , Freaks , whimfies , feftivals , and sports : The The troubl'd mind's fantastic drefs , Which madness titles ...
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... gods came down incognito , To see who were their friends or foes , And how our actions fell or rofe : That , fince they gave things their beginning , And fet this whirlagig a fpinning , Supine , they in their heav'n remain , Exempt from ...
... gods came down incognito , To see who were their friends or foes , And how our actions fell or rofe : That , fince they gave things their beginning , And fet this whirlagig a fpinning , Supine , they in their heav'n remain , Exempt from ...
Page 65
... thofe opinions are the best , Which , in their nature , most conduce To prefent ends , or private use ... Two gods came , therefore , from above , One Mercury , the t'other Jovent The The humour was , it feems , to know , ENGLISH POES Y.
... thofe opinions are the best , Which , in their nature , most conduce To prefent ends , or private use ... Two gods came , therefore , from above , One Mercury , the t'other Jovent The The humour was , it feems , to know , ENGLISH POES Y.
Page 66
... god or goddess Exerts no fupernat❜ral powers , But acts on maxims much like ours . They fpy'd , at laft , a country farm , Where all was fnug , and clean , and warm ; For woods before , and hills behind , - Secur'd it both from rain ...
... god or goddess Exerts no fupernat❜ral powers , But acts on maxims much like ours . They fpy'd , at laft , a country farm , Where all was fnug , and clean , and warm ; For woods before , and hills behind , - Secur'd it both from rain ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...