Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... length , proud Prince , ambitious Lewis , cease To plague mankind , and trouble Europe's peace ; Think on the structures which thy pride has ras'd , On towns unpeopled , and on fields laid waste ; Think on the heaps of corps , and ...
... length , proud Prince , ambitious Lewis , cease To plague mankind , and trouble Europe's peace ; Think on the structures which thy pride has ras'd , On towns unpeopled , and on fields laid waste ; Think on the heaps of corps , and ...
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... , and forbids our joys . But fee , at length , the British ships appear ! Our NASSAU comes ! and as his fleet draws near , * Queen Mary , who died . The The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , 18 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... , and forbids our joys . But fee , at length , the British ships appear ! Our NASSAU comes ! and as his fleet draws near , * Queen Mary , who died . The The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , 18 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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... length they gently creep , There all the night their peaceful station keep , Wrapt up in filence , and diffolv'd in sleep . None range abroad when winds and storms are nigh , Nor truft their bodies to a faithless sky , But make fmall ...
... length they gently creep , There all the night their peaceful station keep , Wrapt up in filence , and diffolv'd in sleep . None range abroad when winds and storms are nigh , Nor truft their bodies to a faithless sky , But make fmall ...
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... length it moves its new - made limbs with pain ; Now ftrikes the air with quiv'ring wings , and tries To lift its body up , and learns to rife ; Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the bee at length appears ...
... length it moves its new - made limbs with pain ; Now ftrikes the air with quiv'ring wings , and tries To lift its body up , and learns to rife ; Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the bee at length appears ...
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... length , To speak the undertaker's want of ftrength , I'll try to make their fev'ral beauties known , And fhow their verfes worth , tho ' not my own . Long had our dull forefathers flept fupine , Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful ...
... length , To speak the undertaker's want of ftrength , I'll try to make their fev'ral beauties known , And fhow their verfes worth , tho ' not my own . Long had our dull forefathers flept fupine , Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful ...
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