Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Look after Gallic Towns and Forts in vain ; No more his wonted Marks he can defcry , But fees a long unmeafur'd Ruin lie ; Whilft , pointing to the Naked coaft , he fhows His wondring Mates where Towns and Steeples rofe , Where crowded ...
... Look after Gallic Towns and Forts in vain ; No more his wonted Marks he can defcry , But fees a long unmeafur'd Ruin lie ; Whilft , pointing to the Naked coaft , he fhows His wondring Mates where Towns and Steeples rofe , Where crowded ...
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... Look , and 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 ...
... Look , and 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 ...
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... Look , Which fuch Confufion and Amazement ftrook Through Gallic hofts : But , oh ! let Us defcry Mirth in thy Brow , and Pleasure in thy Eye ;; Let nothing Dreadful in thy face be found , But for a while forget the Trumpet's found ...
... Look , Which fuch Confufion and Amazement ftrook Through Gallic hofts : But , oh ! let Us defcry Mirth in thy Brow , and Pleasure in thy Eye ;; Let nothing Dreadful in thy face be found , But for a while forget the Trumpet's found ...
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... looks are diff'rent as their kings ; Some sparkle bright , and glitter in their wings ; Others look lothfom and difeas'd with floth , Like a faint traveller whofe afty mouth Grows dry with heat , and spits a maukish froth . The firft ...
... looks are diff'rent as their kings ; Some sparkle bright , and glitter in their wings ; Others look lothfom and difeas'd with floth , Like a faint traveller whofe afty mouth Grows dry with heat , and spits a maukish froth . The firft ...
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... looks are thin , Their funeral rites are form'd , and ev'ry Bee With grief attends the fad folemnity ; The few difeas'd furvivors hang before Their fickly cells , and droop about the door , Or flowly in their hives their limbs unfold ...
... looks are thin , Their funeral rites are form'd , and ev'ry Bee With grief attends the fad folemnity ; The few difeas'd furvivors hang before Their fickly cells , and droop about the door , Or flowly in their hives their limbs unfold ...
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