Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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Page xxxiv
... shade . In what new region , to the just affign'd , What new employments please th ' unbody'd mind ? A winged Virtue , through th ' ethereal sky , From world to world unweary'd does he fly , Or curious trace the long laborious maze Of ...
... shade . In what new region , to the just affign'd , What new employments please th ' unbody'd mind ? A winged Virtue , through th ' ethereal sky , From world to world unweary'd does he fly , Or curious trace the long laborious maze Of ...
Page 21
... shade the streams below ; That when the youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and fport it in the fun , Refreshing fprings may tempt ' em from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring ...
... shade the streams below ; That when the youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and fport it in the fun , Refreshing fprings may tempt ' em from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring ...
Page 37
... shade the turf below : The plant in holy garlands often twines The altars ' pofts , and beautifies the shrines ; Its tafte is sharp , in vales new - fhorn it grows , Where Mella's ftream in watry mazes flows . Take plenty of its roots ...
... shade the turf below : The plant in holy garlands often twines The altars ' pofts , and beautifies the shrines ; Its tafte is sharp , in vales new - fhorn it grows , Where Mella's ftream in watry mazes flows . Take plenty of its roots ...
Page 43
... shade . IV . Mufic religious heats inspires , It wakes the foul , and lifts it high , And wings it with fublime defires , And fits it to bespeak the deity . Th ' Almighty liftens to a tuneful tongue , And feems well - pleas'd and ...
... shade . IV . Mufic religious heats inspires , It wakes the foul , and lifts it high , And wings it with fublime defires , And fits it to bespeak the deity . Th ' Almighty liftens to a tuneful tongue , And feems well - pleas'd and ...
Page 46
... shades decay , And all the pleasing landskip fades away . Great Cowley then ( a mighty genius ) wrote , O'er - run with wit , and lavish of his thought : His turns too closely on the reader prefs : He more had pleas'd us , had he pleas ...
... shades decay , And all the pleasing landskip fades away . Great Cowley then ( a mighty genius ) wrote , O'er - run with wit , and lavish of his thought : His turns too closely on the reader prefs : He more had pleas'd us , had he pleas ...
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