Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Limbs Have water'd Kingdoms , and diffolv'd in Streams ; Of thofe rich Fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into Gold : How fome in Feathers , or a ragged Hide , Have liv❜d a Second life , and diff ...
... Limbs Have water'd Kingdoms , and diffolv'd in Streams ; Of thofe rich Fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into Gold : How fome in Feathers , or a ragged Hide , Have liv❜d a Second life , and diff ...
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... limbs unfold , Shrunk up with hunger , and benum'd with cold ; In drawling hums the feeble insects grieve , And doleful buzzes echo thro ' the hive , Like winds that foftly murmur thro ' the trees , Like flames pent up , or like ...
... limbs unfold , Shrunk up with hunger , and benum'd with cold ; In drawling hums the feeble insects grieve , And doleful buzzes echo thro ' the hive , Like winds that foftly murmur thro ' the trees , Like flames pent up , or like ...
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... limbs to death . With violence to life and ftifling pain He flings and fpurns , and tries to fnort in vain , Loud heavy mows fall thick on every side , ' Till his bruis'd bowels burft within the hide . When dead , they leave him rotting ...
... limbs to death . With violence to life and ftifling pain He flings and fpurns , and tries to fnort in vain , Loud heavy mows fall thick on every side , ' Till his bruis'd bowels burft within the hide . When dead , they leave him rotting ...
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... limbs with pain ; Now strikes the air with quiv'ring wings , and tries To lift its body up , and learns to rife ; Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the Bee at length appears ; From every fide the fruitful ...
... limbs with pain ; Now strikes the air with quiv'ring wings , and tries To lift its body up , and learns to rife ; Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the Bee at length appears ; From every fide the fruitful ...
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... limbs , A fudden earthquake fhoots through all the Ifle , And Etna thunders dreadful under ground , Then pours out smoke in wreathing curls convolv'd , And fhades the Sun's bright orb , and blots out Day . Here Here in the shelter of ...
... limbs , A fudden earthquake fhoots through all the Ifle , And Etna thunders dreadful under ground , Then pours out smoke in wreathing curls convolv'd , And fhades the Sun's bright orb , and blots out Day . Here Here in the shelter of ...
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