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Page 44
... learn'd , and virtuous breast ? Wisdom and wit in vain reclaim , And arts but soften us to feel thy flame . Love , soft intruder , enters here , But entering learns to be sincere . Marcus with blushes owns he loves , And Brutus tenderly ...
... learn'd , and virtuous breast ? Wisdom and wit in vain reclaim , And arts but soften us to feel thy flame . Love , soft intruder , enters here , But entering learns to be sincere . Marcus with blushes owns he loves , And Brutus tenderly ...
Page 49
... learn'd witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form'd insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal : To tell them would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain ...
... learn'd witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form'd insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal : To tell them would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain ...
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... learn'd Greece her useful rules in- dites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , th ' immortal prize ...
... learn'd Greece her useful rules in- dites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , th ' immortal prize ...
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... learn'd their incense bring ! Hear , in all tongues consenting Pæans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , bards triumphant ! born in happier days ; Immortal heirs of ...
... learn'd their incense bring ! Hear , in all tongues consenting Pæans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , bards triumphant ! born in happier days ; Immortal heirs of ...
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... learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the ...
... learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the ...
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