Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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Page 35
... skies : And once when haft'ning from the watry fign They quit their ftation , and forbear to shine . The bees are prone to rage , and often found To perish for revenge , and die upon the wound . Their venom'd fting produces aching pains ...
... skies : And once when haft'ning from the watry fign They quit their ftation , and forbear to shine . The bees are prone to rage , and often found To perish for revenge , and die upon the wound . Their venom'd fting produces aching pains ...
Page 63
... skies : And here the proud triumphal arches rise , Where the old Romans deathlefs acts display'd , Their base degenerate progeny upbraid : Whole rivers here forfake the fields below , And wond'ring at their height through airy chan ...
... skies : And here the proud triumphal arches rise , Where the old Romans deathlefs acts display'd , Their base degenerate progeny upbraid : Whole rivers here forfake the fields below , And wond'ring at their height through airy chan ...
Page 67
... adorn a distant foil , And the fat olive fwell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime , that lies In ten degrees of more indulgent skies , F 2 Nor Di noftro ciel maledizion non duolmi , Ne a noi POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 67.
... adorn a distant foil , And the fat olive fwell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime , that lies In ten degrees of more indulgent skies , F 2 Nor Di noftro ciel maledizion non duolmi , Ne a noi POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 67.
Page 94
... skies , And all the thunder of the battle rife . [ prov❜d , ' Twas then great MARLBRO's mighty foul was That , in the fhock of charging hosts unmov'd , Amidft confufion , horror , and despair , Examin'd all the dreadful scenes of war ...
... skies , And all the thunder of the battle rife . [ prov❜d , ' Twas then great MARLBRO's mighty foul was That , in the fhock of charging hosts unmov'd , Amidft confufion , horror , and despair , Examin'd all the dreadful scenes of war ...
Page 102
... tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions , unadorn'd , are faint and weak , Cities and countries must be taught to speak ; Gods may defcend in factions from the skies , And 4 Gods 102 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions , unadorn'd , are faint and weak , Cities and countries must be taught to speak ; Gods may defcend in factions from the skies , And 4 Gods 102 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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