The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... fame to morrow as to - day . Save where , perchance , when others weep , Her cheek the decent forrow steep . Save when , perhaps , a melting tale , O'er ev'ry tender breast prevail . The good , the bad , the great , the small , She ...
... fame to morrow as to - day . Save where , perchance , when others weep , Her cheek the decent forrow steep . Save when , perhaps , a melting tale , O'er ev'ry tender breast prevail . The good , the bad , the great , the small , She ...
Page 135
... Fame , but Fame of you . Inftru & tive Satire , true to Virtue's cause ! Thou shining fupplement of public laws ! When flatter'd crimes of a licentious age Reproach our filence and demand our rage ; When purchas'd follies from each ...
... Fame , but Fame of you . Inftru & tive Satire , true to Virtue's cause ! Thou shining fupplement of public laws ! When flatter'd crimes of a licentious age Reproach our filence and demand our rage ; When purchas'd follies from each ...
Page 139
... Fame what throngs pour in , Unpeople court , and leave the fenate thin ? My growing fubje & t seems but just begun , And , chariot - like , I kindle as I run . Aid me , great Homer ! with thy Epic rules , To take a catalogue of British ...
... Fame what throngs pour in , Unpeople court , and leave the fenate thin ? My growing fubje & t seems but just begun , And , chariot - like , I kindle as I run . Aid me , great Homer ! with thy Epic rules , To take a catalogue of British ...
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