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... ftill have laid in filent darkness hid , 360 And , this bright Sun not rising in our sphere , A HOMER had wanted ftill his true compeer .. I From * Ver . 359. See NOTE VII . 370 From hence let Genius to himself be just , [ 16 ]
... ftill have laid in filent darkness hid , 360 And , this bright Sun not rising in our sphere , A HOMER had wanted ftill his true compeer .. I From * Ver . 359. See NOTE VII . 370 From hence let Genius to himself be just , [ 16 ]
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... ftill potent there , Yet Fancy fees the flighted Poet rove In penfive anger thro ' th ' Elysian Grove . From Critic fhades , whofe fupercilious pride His Song neglected , or his Powers decried , He turns indignant - unoppreft by fears ...
... ftill potent there , Yet Fancy fees the flighted Poet rove In penfive anger thro ' th ' Elysian Grove . From Critic fhades , whofe fupercilious pride His Song neglected , or his Powers decried , He turns indignant - unoppreft by fears ...
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... ; By Energy , from Independence caught , And the free Vigor of unborrow'd Thought . 255 Thou Bard most injur'd by malicious fate , Could not thy Blood appease a Tyrant's hate ? Muft 1 270 Muft He , ftill gall'd by thy poetic [ 32 ]
... ; By Energy , from Independence caught , And the free Vigor of unborrow'd Thought . 255 Thou Bard most injur'd by malicious fate , Could not thy Blood appease a Tyrant's hate ? Muft 1 270 Muft He , ftill gall'd by thy poetic [ 32 ]
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... ftill gall'd by thy poetic claim , With falfhood perfecute thy moral fame ? Shall Hiftory's pen , to aid his vengeance won , * 260 Brand thee , brave Spirit , as an impious Son , Who meanly fear'd to yield his vital flood , And fought ...
... ftill gall'd by thy poetic claim , With falfhood perfecute thy moral fame ? Shall Hiftory's pen , to aid his vengeance won , * 260 Brand thee , brave Spirit , as an impious Son , Who meanly fear'd to yield his vital flood , And fought ...
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... ftill rehearse , Which fondly copied his unfinish'd Verse . 305 See , as the bends before his recent urn , See tender Grief to Adoration turn . ཟེ ། Ver . 293 . Ver . 296. See NOTE VIII . See NOTE VII . O lovely 310 O lovely Mourner ...
... ftill rehearse , Which fondly copied his unfinish'd Verse . 305 See , as the bends before his recent urn , See tender Grief to Adoration turn . ཟེ ། Ver . 293 . Ver . 296. See NOTE VIII . See NOTE VII . O lovely 310 O lovely Mourner ...
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