The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... reft . " Those graves , with bending ofier bound , That , nameless , heave the crumbled ground , Quick to the glancing thought difclofe , Where toil and poverty repose . The flat smooth ftones that bear a name , The chiffel's flender ...
... reft . " Those graves , with bending ofier bound , That , nameless , heave the crumbled ground , Quick to the glancing thought difclofe , Where toil and poverty repose . The flat smooth ftones that bear a name , The chiffel's flender ...
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... reft With awful accent cry'd , What mortal , of a wretched mind , Whose fighs infe & t the balmy wind , Has here presum❜d to hide ? At this the swain , whose vent'rous foul No fears of magic art cöntroul , Advanc'd in open fight ...
... reft With awful accent cry'd , What mortal , of a wretched mind , Whose fighs infe & t the balmy wind , Has here presum❜d to hide ? At this the swain , whose vent'rous foul No fears of magic art cöntroul , Advanc'd in open fight ...
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... reft , my Mufe , fufpend thy cares awhile , A more important task attends thy toil . As fome young eagle , that defigns to fly A long unwonted journey through the sky , Weighs all the dang❜rous enterprize before , O'er what wide lands ...
... reft , my Mufe , fufpend thy cares awhile , A more important task attends thy toil . As fome young eagle , that defigns to fly A long unwonted journey through the sky , Weighs all the dang❜rous enterprize before , O'er what wide lands ...
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A NightPiece on Death Page | 5 |
Palemon and Lavinia | 13 |
The Bastard | 25 |
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