Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Light on all , And still out - fhines the bright Original . Now Ovid boafts th ' Advantage of thy Song , And tells his Story in the British tongue ; Thy charming Verfe , and fair Tranflations , fhow How thy own Laurel firft began to ...
... Light on all , And still out - fhines the bright Original . Now Ovid boafts th ' Advantage of thy Song , And tells his Story in the British tongue ; Thy charming Verfe , and fair Tranflations , fhow How thy own Laurel firft began to ...
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... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce Eruptions broke , Fills Heav'n with Ashes , and the Earth with Smoke ; Here Crags of broken Rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten Stones and fcatter'd Cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest ...
... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce Eruptions broke , Fills Heav'n with Ashes , and the Earth with Smoke ; Here Crags of broken Rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten Stones and fcatter'd Cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest ...
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... Light'ning in his Hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his Fire Amidst a thousand Ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British Triumphs o'er , And count the Flames difperst on ev'ry Shore ? Who can defcribe the ...
... Light'ning in his Hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his Fire Amidst a thousand Ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British Triumphs o'er , And count the Flames difperst on ev'ry Shore ? Who can defcribe the ...
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... light , The Bees thro ' woods and forests take their flight . They rifle ev'ry flow'r , and lightly skim The crystal brook , and fip the running stream ; And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight , And knead the yielding wax ...
... light , The Bees thro ' woods and forests take their flight . They rifle ev'ry flow'r , and lightly skim The crystal brook , and fip the running stream ; And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight , And knead the yielding wax ...
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... light is next affign'd To all the quarters , one to every wind ; Through these the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a Bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly fhows , And shakes the ...
... light is next affign'd To all the quarters , one to every wind ; Through these the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a Bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly fhows , And shakes the ...
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