Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... ev'n to thee Which open all their pores to thee , Like a clear river thou dost glide , Of painted dreams a busy swarm : At the first opening of thine eye The various clusters break , the antic atoms fly . The guilty serpents , and ...
... ev'n to thee Which open all their pores to thee , Like a clear river thou dost glide , Of painted dreams a busy swarm : At the first opening of thine eye The various clusters break , the antic atoms fly . The guilty serpents , and ...
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... Ev'n in their face his ship to anchor brought , And steeple - high stood propt upon the main . The prince long time had courted Fortune's love , At this excess of courage , all amaz'd , But once possess'd did absolutely reign : Thus ...
... Ev'n in their face his ship to anchor brought , And steeple - high stood propt upon the main . The prince long time had courted Fortune's love , At this excess of courage , all amaz'd , But once possess'd did absolutely reign : Thus ...
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... ev'n by the boastful Dutch : Ile only does his conquest disavow , And thinks too little what they found too much . Return'd , he with the fleet resolvād to stay ; No tender thoughts of home his heart divide ; Domestic joys and cares he ...
... ev'n by the boastful Dutch : Ile only does his conquest disavow , And thinks too little what they found too much . Return'd , he with the fleet resolvād to stay ; No tender thoughts of home his heart divide ; Domestic joys and cares he ...
Page 158
... Ev'n from their jaws they hungry morsels tear , And on their backs the spoils of Vulcan lade . The days were all in this lost labor spent ; And when the weary king gave place to night , His beams he to his royal brother lent , And so ...
... Ev'n from their jaws they hungry morsels tear , And on their backs the spoils of Vulcan lade . The days were all in this lost labor spent ; And when the weary king gave place to night , His beams he to his royal brother lent , And so ...
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... Ev'n wondering Philomel forgot to sing , And learn'd from her to welcome in the Spring . The tower , of which before was mention made , Within whose keep the captive knights were laid , Built of a large extent , and strong withal , Was ...
... Ev'n wondering Philomel forgot to sing , And learn'd from her to welcome in the Spring . The tower , of which before was mention made , Within whose keep the captive knights were laid , Built of a large extent , and strong withal , Was ...
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