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... praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the fhades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap'd with shrouds , They rife in ...
... praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the fhades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap'd with shrouds , They rife in ...
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... the fire . In garret high ( as ftories fay ) A Poet fung his tuneful lay ; So foft , fo fmooth his verse , you'd swear Apollo and the mufes there ; Thro ' Thro ' all the town his praises rung , His 26 THE BEAUTIES OF.
... the fire . In garret high ( as ftories fay ) A Poet fung his tuneful lay ; So foft , fo fmooth his verse , you'd swear Apollo and the mufes there ; Thro ' Thro ' all the town his praises rung , His 26 THE BEAUTIES OF.
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Oliver Goldsmith. Thro ' all the town his praises rung , His fonnets at the playhouse fungi High waving o'er his lab'ring head , The goddess Want her pinions spread , And with poetic fury fir'd , What Phoebus faintly had infpir'd . A ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Thro ' all the town his praises rung , His fonnets at the playhouse fungi High waving o'er his lab'ring head , The goddess Want her pinions spread , And with poetic fury fir'd , What Phoebus faintly had infpir'd . A ...
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... praises blefs ; While to the elevated maid Oblations , as to Heav'n , are paid . ' Twas on an ever - blithfome day , The jovial birth of rofy May , When genial warmth , no more suppress'd , New melts the froft in ev'ry breast , ' The ...
... praises blefs ; While to the elevated maid Oblations , as to Heav'n , are paid . ' Twas on an ever - blithfome day , The jovial birth of rofy May , When genial warmth , no more suppress'd , New melts the froft in ev'ry breast , ' The ...
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... of Fame , But , clear from crime , be free from blame !: Tho ' all were innocence within , * Tis guilt to wear the garb of fin , D. 3 وا г 15 C. T Virtue Virtue rejects the foul difguife : None merit praise who ENGLISH POE 9 Y. 53.
... of Fame , But , clear from crime , be free from blame !: Tho ' all were innocence within , * Tis guilt to wear the garb of fin , D. 3 وا г 15 C. T Virtue Virtue rejects the foul difguife : None merit praise who ENGLISH POE 9 Y. 53.
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...