Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... still be lov'd and still deplor❜d by me ) In nightly vifions feldom fails to rise , Or , rous'd by fancy , meets my waking eyes . If bufinefs calls , or crouded courts invite , Th'unblemish'd statesman seems to ftrike my fight ; If in ...
... still be lov'd and still deplor❜d by me ) In nightly vifions feldom fails to rise , Or , rous'd by fancy , meets my waking eyes . If bufinefs calls , or crouded courts invite , Th'unblemish'd statesman seems to ftrike my fight ; If in ...
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... still thy mind possest , And fecond youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in ...
... still thy mind possest , And fecond youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in ...
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Joseph Addison. Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , and fair translations , show ...
Joseph Addison. Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , and fair translations , show ...
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... still the God - like man , by fome hard fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too late the verse the mighty act fucceeds , One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd ...
... still the God - like man , by fome hard fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too late the verse the mighty act fucceeds , One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd ...
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... Still they remember that deftructive rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunn'd with the noise , and wrapt in smoke and fire ; The waves with wide unnumber'd wrecks were ftrow'd , [ flow'd . And planks , and arms , and ...
... Still they remember that deftructive rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunn'd with the noise , and wrapt in smoke and fire ; The waves with wide unnumber'd wrecks were ftrow'd , [ flow'd . And planks , and arms , and ...
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