Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... is what may be called the good - breeding of poetry , as it gives a certain graceful- nefs which never forfakes a mind , that contracted it in youth , but is feldom feldom or never hit by thofe , who would learn X The PREFACE .
... is what may be called the good - breeding of poetry , as it gives a certain graceful- nefs which never forfakes a mind , that contracted it in youth , but is feldom feldom or never hit by thofe , who would learn X The PREFACE .
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... youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to ...
... youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to ...
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... youth , unus'd to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarm'd the martial trumpet blow ; But now , infpir'd by thee , with fresh delight , Their fwords they brandish ...
... youth , unus'd to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarm'd the martial trumpet blow ; But now , infpir'd by thee , with fresh delight , Their fwords they brandish ...
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... youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and fport it in the fun , Refreshing fprings may tempt ' em from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring water ftands or runs , Lay twigs acrofs ...
... youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and fport it in the fun , Refreshing fprings may tempt ' em from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring water ftands or runs , Lay twigs acrofs ...
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... youth , with in - born freedom bold , Unnumber'd scenes of fervitude behold , Nations of flaves , with tyranny debas'd , ( Their maker's image more than half defac'd ) Hourly inftructed , as they urge their toil , To prize their Queen ...
... youth , with in - born freedom bold , Unnumber'd scenes of fervitude behold , Nations of flaves , with tyranny debas'd , ( Their maker's image more than half defac'd ) Hourly inftructed , as they urge their toil , To prize their Queen ...
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