Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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... arms ; arms only drawn For common Greece , to quell the Persian pride : In moral science , and in graceful arts . Hence , as for glory peacefully they strove , The prize grew greater , and the prize of all . By contest brighten'd ...
... arms ; arms only drawn For common Greece , to quell the Persian pride : In moral science , and in graceful arts . Hence , as for glory peacefully they strove , The prize grew greater , and the prize of all . By contest brighten'd ...
Page 529
... arms no more Than if , till that time , arms they never bore : Like Westminster militia train'd to fight , They scarcely knew the left hand from the right . Asham'd among such troops to show the head , Their chiefs were scatter'd , and ...
... arms no more Than if , till that time , arms they never bore : Like Westminster militia train'd to fight , They scarcely knew the left hand from the right . Asham'd among such troops to show the head , Their chiefs were scatter'd , and ...
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... arm With reins eternal guides the moving heavens , Bend thy propitious ear . Behold well - pleas'd I seek to finish thy ... arms the fainting boy , Till life rekindles in his rosy cheek ; Then grasps his hands , and cheers him with her ...
... arm With reins eternal guides the moving heavens , Bend thy propitious ear . Behold well - pleas'd I seek to finish thy ... arms the fainting boy , Till life rekindles in his rosy cheek ; Then grasps his hands , and cheers him with her ...
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amid ANTISTROPHE art thou beauty behold beneath bids blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright Britons charms chyle clouds dark death deep delight divine dread Earth eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame folly fool form'd genius give glory grace Greece groves hand happy heart Heaven hope hour human immortal Lorenzo lyre mankind mind mortal Muse Naiads Nature Nature's ne'er never night nought numbers nymph o'er once pain passion peace pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise Rome round sacred scene scorn shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen storm stream sublime sweet taste tempest tender thee theme thine thou thought toil trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue waste wave wild winds wing wisdom wise wonder wretch youth