Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Subject of my Song ; To You the Hero of my verfe reveals His great Defigns , to You in Council tells His Inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of Towns Unform'd , and Battles yet to come . And well cou'd You , in Your Immortal ftrains ...
... Subject of my Song ; To You the Hero of my verfe reveals His great Defigns , to You in Council tells His Inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of Towns Unform'd , and Battles yet to come . And well cou'd You , in Your Immortal ftrains ...
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... Subjects gafping by his fide : Fain wou'd the pious Prince refuse th ' Alarm , Fain wou'd he check the Fury of his Arm ; But when thy Cruelties his thoughts engage , The Hero kindles with becoming rage , Then Countries ftoln , and ...
... Subjects gafping by his fide : Fain wou'd the pious Prince refuse th ' Alarm , Fain wou'd he check the Fury of his Arm ; But when thy Cruelties his thoughts engage , The Hero kindles with becoming rage , Then Countries ftoln , and ...
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... Bee , And cull from plants a buzzing progeny ; From these they choose out subjects , and create A little monarch of the rifing state ; Then Then build wax - kingdoms for the infant prince , Poems on feveral Occafions . 25.
... Bee , And cull from plants a buzzing progeny ; From these they choose out subjects , and create A little monarch of the rifing state ; Then Then build wax - kingdoms for the infant prince , Poems on feveral Occafions . 25.
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... Subject of our fong . II . Let all Cecilia's praife proclaim , Employ the Echo in her name . Hark how the Flutes and Trumpets raise , - At bright Cecilia's name , their lays ; The Organ labours in her praise . Cecilia's name does all ...
... Subject of our fong . II . Let all Cecilia's praife proclaim , Employ the Echo in her name . Hark how the Flutes and Trumpets raise , - At bright Cecilia's name , their lays ; The Organ labours in her praise . Cecilia's name does all ...
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Joseph Addison. Secure the happy , fuccour the distrest , Make ev'ry subject glad , and a whole people bleft . Thus wou'd I fain Britannia's wars rehearse , In the smooth records of a faithful verse ; That , if fuch numbers can o'er time ...
Joseph Addison. Secure the happy , fuccour the distrest , Make ev'ry subject glad , and a whole people bleft . Thus wou'd I fain Britannia's wars rehearse , In the smooth records of a faithful verse ; That , if fuch numbers can o'er time ...
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