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Page xvii
... soul's best part for ever to the grave ! How silent did his old companions tread , By midnight lamps , the mansions of the dead , Through breathing statues , then unheeded things , Through rows of warriors , and through walks of kings ...
... soul's best part for ever to the grave ! How silent did his old companions tread , By midnight lamps , the mansions of the dead , Through breathing statues , then unheeded things , Through rows of warriors , and through walks of kings ...
Page xvii
... soul , which breathes in Cato there : If pensive to the rural shades I rove , His shape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of Just and Good he reasoned strong , Cleared some great truth , or raised some serious song ; There ...
... soul , which breathes in Cato there : If pensive to the rural shades I rove , His shape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of Just and Good he reasoned strong , Cleared some great truth , or raised some serious song ; There ...
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... soul : Each obstinate in arms pursues his blow , Till shameful flight secures the routed foe . This hot dispute and all this mighty fray A little dust flung upward will allay . But when both kings are settled in their hive , Mark him ...
... soul : Each obstinate in arms pursues his blow , Till shameful flight secures the routed foe . This hot dispute and all this mighty fray A little dust flung upward will allay . But when both kings are settled in their hive , Mark him ...
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... soul , Diffused throughout the matter of the whole , To all the vast unbounded frame was given , And ran through earth , and air , and sea , and all the deep of heaven ; That this first kindled life in man and beast , Life , that again ...
... soul , Diffused throughout the matter of the whole , To all the vast unbounded frame was given , And ran through earth , and air , and sea , and all the deep of heaven ; That this first kindled life in man and beast , Life , that again ...
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... woods attended , as he played , And Rhodope was left without a shade . IV . Music religious heats inspires , It wakes the soul , and lifts it high , And wings it with sublime desires , And fits it POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 21.
... woods attended , as he played , And Rhodope was left without a shade . IV . Music religious heats inspires , It wakes the soul , and lifts it high , And wings it with sublime desires , And fits it POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 21.
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.