Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... 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 How thy own laurel first began to grow : How wild Lycaon chang'd by angry Gods ...
... 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 How thy own laurel first began to grow : How wild Lycaon chang'd by angry Gods ...
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... bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with afhes ; and the earth with smoke Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd ...
... bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with afhes ; and the earth with smoke Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd ...
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... bright , and glitter in their wings ; Others look loathfom and difeas'd with floth , Like a faint traveller whofe dufty mouth . Grows dry with heat , and spits a maukish froth . The firft are beft- From From their o'erflowing combs ...
... bright , and glitter in their wings ; Others look loathfom and difeas'd with floth , Like a faint traveller whofe dufty mouth . Grows dry with heat , and spits a maukish froth . The firft are beft- From From their o'erflowing combs ...
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... to fing of Tune ev'ry string and ev'ry tongue , Be thou the Muse and fubject of our fong . II . Let all Cecilia's praise proclaim , Employ the echo in her name . Hark Hark how the flutes and trumpets raife , At bright [ 41 ]
... to fing of Tune ev'ry string and ev'ry tongue , Be thou the Muse and fubject of our fong . II . Let all Cecilia's praise proclaim , Employ the echo in her name . Hark Hark how the flutes and trumpets raife , At bright [ 41 ]
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Joseph Addison. Hark how the flutes and trumpets raife , At bright Cecilia's name , their lays ; The organ labours in her praise . Cecilia's name does all our numbers grace , From ev'ry voice the tuneful accents fly , In foaring trebles ...
Joseph Addison. Hark how the flutes and trumpets raife , At bright Cecilia's name , their lays ; The organ labours in her praise . Cecilia's name does all our numbers grace , From ev'ry voice the tuneful accents fly , In foaring trebles ...
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Aëre æther arms atque BAROMETRI beauties bleft bluſhes boaſt breaſt bright Cadmus caft courſe Cycnus defcription deſcribed diſtant ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain foft fome foul freſh ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic Goddeſs Gods Gulfton heav'n himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſcenes ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſpring ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin waſte Whilft whoſe winds woods wou'd youth