Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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Page xxxv
... 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 the stage I feek to footh my care , I meet his foul which breathes in Cato ...
... 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 the stage I feek to footh my care , I meet his foul which breathes in Cato ...
Page 33
... in loud tumults and diftractions rise ; They waste their honey , and their combs deface , And wild confufion reigns in ev'ry place . VOL . I. D Him Him all admire , all the great guardian own , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 33.
... in loud tumults and diftractions rise ; They waste their honey , and their combs deface , And wild confufion reigns in ev'ry place . VOL . I. D Him Him all admire , all the great guardian own , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 33.
Page 47
... rise . As in the milky - way a fhining white O'erflows the heav'ns with one continued light ; That not a fingle ftar can fhew his rays , Whilft jointly all promote the common blaze . Pardon , great poet , that I dare to name Th ...
... rise . As in the milky - way a fhining white O'erflows the heav'ns with one continued light ; That not a fingle ftar can fhew his rays , Whilft jointly all promote the common blaze . Pardon , great poet , that I dare to name Th ...
Page 57
... rise , Poetic fields incompafs me around , And still I seem to tread on claffic ground ; For here the Muse so oft her harp has ftrung , That not a mountain rears its head unfung , Renown'd in verfe each fhady thicket grows , And ev'ry ...
... rise , Poetic fields incompafs me around , And still I seem to tread on claffic ground ; For here the Muse so oft her harp has ftrung , That not a mountain rears its head unfung , Renown'd in verfe each fhady thicket grows , And ev'ry ...
Page 63
... rise , Where the old Romans deathlefs acts display'd , Their base degenerate progeny upbraid : Whole rivers here forfake the fields below , And wond'ring at their height through airy chan- nels flow . Still to new scenes my wandering ...
... rise , Where the old Romans deathlefs acts display'd , Their base degenerate progeny upbraid : Whole rivers here forfake the fields below , And wond'ring at their height through airy chan- nels flow . Still to new scenes my wandering ...
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