Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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Page xxxiii
... thee forgetful if I form a fong , My lyre be broken , and untun'd my tongue , My grief be doubled , from thy image free , And mirth a torment , unchaftis'd by thee . Oft let me range the gloomy ifles alone ( Sad luxury ! to vulgar minds ...
... thee forgetful if I form a fong , My lyre be broken , and untun'd my tongue , My grief be doubled , from thy image free , And mirth a torment , unchaftis'd by thee . Oft let me range the gloomy ifles alone ( Sad luxury ! to vulgar minds ...
Page xxxvii
... thee , O Craggs , th ' expiring fage convey'd , Great , but ill - omen'd monument of fame , Nor he furviv'd to give , nor thou to claim . Swift after him thy focial fpirit flies , And clofe to his , how foon ! thy coffin lies . Bleft ...
... thee , O Craggs , th ' expiring fage convey'd , Great , but ill - omen'd monument of fame , Nor he furviv'd to give , nor thou to claim . Swift after him thy focial fpirit flies , And clofe to his , how foon ! thy coffin lies . Bleft ...
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... thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . B 2 Thy Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And 'O Mr ...
... thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . B 2 Thy Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And 'O Mr ...
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... thee in arms , and led thee to the field ; My Mufe expecting on the British ftrand Waits thy return , and welcomes thee to land : She oft has seen thee preffing on the foe , When Europe was concern'd in ev'ry blow ; But durft not in ...
... thee in arms , and led thee to the field ; My Mufe expecting on the British ftrand Waits thy return , and welcomes thee to land : She oft has seen thee preffing on the foe , When Europe was concern'd in ev'ry blow ; But durft not in ...
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... thee climb the banks , but try'd in vain To trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidit the foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . O that fome Muse , renown'd for lofty ...
... thee climb the banks , but try'd in vain To trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidit the foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . O that fome Muse , renown'd for lofty ...
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