Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... 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 verse , In daring numbers would thy ...
... 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 verse , In daring numbers would thy ...
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... vain the thronging enemy by force Would clear the ramparts , and repel their courfe ; They break through all , for WILLIAM leads the way , Where fires rage most , and loudeft engines play . Namure's late terrors and deftruction show ...
... vain the thronging enemy by force Would clear the ramparts , and repel their courfe ; They break through all , for WILLIAM leads the way , Where fires rage most , and loudeft engines play . Namure's late terrors and deftruction show ...
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... the 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 .
... the 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 .
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... 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 .
... 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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... And many a story told in rhime , and profe . But age has rufted with the poet writ , Worn out his language , and obfcur'd his wit : * Afterwards Doctor Sacheverell . In In vain he jefts in his unpolish'd strain , And [ 45 ]
... And many a story told in rhime , and profe . But age has rufted with the poet writ , Worn out his language , and obfcur'd his wit : * Afterwards Doctor Sacheverell . In In vain he jefts in his unpolish'd strain , And [ 45 ]
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