Poems on Affairs of State from the Time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second [continued to 1707, Volume 41707 |
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... ever fought , Full fifty thousand Men ' ; He's gone to do the Lord knows what , And will return I don't know when , I 1 Ev'n Warlike Lewis , whofe Designs Were never yet Ev'a Vol . IV . 15 State - Affairs ! The Comparison, 1705.
... ever fought , Full fifty thousand Men ' ; He's gone to do the Lord knows what , And will return I don't know when , I 1 Ev'n Warlike Lewis , whofe Designs Were never yet Ev'a Vol . IV . 15 State - Affairs ! The Comparison, 1705.
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... Thousands on Thousands flain , Told the infulting Foe again , That Marlborough , arm'd in ANNA's Cause , To injur'd Nations should restore Their Rights , their Liberties and Laws . Forfaken Justice fhall no longer mourn , Uninterrupted ...
... Thousands on Thousands flain , Told the infulting Foe again , That Marlborough , arm'd in ANNA's Cause , To injur'd Nations should restore Their Rights , their Liberties and Laws . Forfaken Justice fhall no longer mourn , Uninterrupted ...
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... Thousands perifht in the Danube Stream , By full as many fung , is grown too ftale a Theme . On Thee alone my wond'ring Thought's intent , Thy Fortune to my Eyes that Day prefent . Methinks I hear from thy unwilling Tongue That abject ...
... Thousands perifht in the Danube Stream , By full as many fung , is grown too ftale a Theme . On Thee alone my wond'ring Thought's intent , Thy Fortune to my Eyes that Day prefent . Methinks I hear from thy unwilling Tongue That abject ...
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... Thousand Warriors more were flain , Or than on Xanthus Banks , or the Pharfalian Plain : Tho these to all Exploits are far prefer'd , One by the Grecian , one the Roman Bard . Hence is the Empire to it felf reftor'd , Revolting Nations ...
... Thousand Warriors more were flain , Or than on Xanthus Banks , or the Pharfalian Plain : Tho these to all Exploits are far prefer'd , One by the Grecian , one the Roman Bard . Hence is the Empire to it felf reftor'd , Revolting Nations ...
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... Thousand Livers by ' Gainft France and Spain ; I'll tell you why , Because the Odds are ten to one , They'l certainly be both undone . Savoy . I'll take you up , with you I'll lay , That France and Spain will hold you play . Denmark , I ...
... Thousand Livers by ' Gainft France and Spain ; I'll tell you why , Because the Odds are ten to one , They'l certainly be both undone . Savoy . I'll take you up , with you I'll lay , That France and Spain will hold you play . Denmark , I ...
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Page 226 - By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill, Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear, To hearken if his foes pursue him still ; Anon their loud alarums he doth hear -• And now his grief may be compared well To one sore sick that hears the passingbell.
Page 189 - Achilles' image stood his spear Grip'd in an armed hand; himself behind Was left unseen, save to the eye of mind: A hand, a foot, a face, a leg, a head, Stood for the whole to be imagined.
Page 372 - And as the Indies were not found, before Those rich perfumes, which, from the happy shore. The winds upon their balmy wings convey...
Page 230 - With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace Of those fair arms which bound him to her breast, And homeward through the dark laund runs apace; Leaves Love upon her back, deeply distress'd. Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky, So glides he in the night from Venus...
Page 373 - Peace is not freed from labour, but from noise ; And war more force, but not more pains employs...
Page 50 - Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleas'd with their own verses' sound ; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always low.
Page 371 - So in this hemifphere our utmoft view Is only bounded by our king and you : Our fight is limited where you are join'd, And beyond that no farther heaven can find.
Page 190 - Why should the private pleasure of some one Become the public plague of many moe? Let sin, alone committed, light alone Upon his head that hath transgressed so...