Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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Page 16
... neighbʼring main Look after Gallic towns and forts in vain ; No more his wonted marks he can descry , But fees a long unmeasur'd ruin lie ; Whilft , Whilft , pointing to the naked coaft , he shows 16 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... neighbʼring main Look after Gallic towns and forts in vain ; No more his wonted marks he can descry , But fees a long unmeasur'd ruin lie ; Whilft , Whilft , pointing to the naked coaft , he shows 16 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
Page 17
... look , and light'ning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire [ retire . Amidft a thousand fhips , and made all Greece But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames difperft on ev'ry shore ? Who can ...
... look , and light'ning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire [ retire . Amidft a thousand fhips , and made all Greece But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames difperft on ev'ry shore ? Who can ...
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... look , Which fuch confufion and amazement ftrook Through Gallic hofts : But , oh ! let us defcry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thy eye ; Let nothing dreadful in thy face be found , But for a - while forget the trumpet's found ...
... look , Which fuch confufion and amazement ftrook Through Gallic hofts : But , oh ! let us defcry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thy eye ; Let nothing dreadful in thy face be found , But for a - while forget the trumpet's found ...
Page 25
... looks are diff'rent as their kings ; Some sparkle 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 ...
... looks are diff'rent as their kings ; Some sparkle 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 ...
Page 36
... looks are thin , Their funeral rites are form'd , and ev'ry bee With grief attends the fad folemnity ; The few difeas'd furvivors hang before Their fickly cells , and droop about the door , Or flowly in their hives their limbs unfold ...
... looks are thin , Their funeral rites are form'd , and ev'ry bee With grief attends the fad folemnity ; The few difeas'd furvivors hang before Their fickly cells , and droop about the door , Or flowly in their hives their limbs unfold ...
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