Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv'd in streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into gold : How fome in feathers , or a ragged hide , Have lived a fecond life , and diff'rent ...
... limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv'd in streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into gold : How fome in feathers , or a ragged hide , Have lived a fecond life , and diff'rent ...
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... limbs unfold , Shrunk up with hunger , and benum'd with cold ; In drawling hums the feeble infects grieve , And doleful buzzes echo thro ' the hive , Like winds that foftly murmur thro ' the trees , Like flames pent up , or like ...
... limbs unfold , Shrunk up with hunger , and benum'd with cold ; In drawling hums the feeble infects grieve , And doleful buzzes echo thro ' the hive , Like winds that foftly murmur thro ' the trees , Like flames pent up , or like ...
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... of breath , They muzzle up , and beat his limbs to death . With violence to life and ftifling pain He flings and fpurns , and tries to fnort in vain , Loud Loud heavy mows fall thick on every side , ' 38 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... of breath , They muzzle up , and beat his limbs to death . With violence to life and ftifling pain He flings and fpurns , and tries to fnort in vain , Loud Loud heavy mows fall thick on every side , ' 38 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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... 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 ; From every fide the fruitful ...
... 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 ; From every fide the fruitful ...
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... eternal prey of flames ; And when he heaves against the burning load , Reluctant , to invert his broiling limbs , A fudden earthquake shoots through all the isle , And And Etna thunders dreadful under ground , Then pours out [ 72 ]
... eternal prey of flames ; And when he heaves against the burning load , Reluctant , to invert his broiling limbs , A fudden earthquake shoots through all the isle , And And Etna thunders dreadful under ground , Then pours out [ 72 ]
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