Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1857 |
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... heaven descend . 20 Swift fly the years , and rise the expected mor ! Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe , be born See , Nature hastes her carliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon ...
... heaven descend . 20 Swift fly the years , and rise the expected mor ! Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe , be born See , Nature hastes her carliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon ...
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... heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon them in a flood of day ! 95 100 No more the rising sun shall gild the morn , Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; But lost , dissolved in thy superior rays , One tide of ...
... heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon them in a flood of day ! 95 100 No more the rising sun shall gild the morn , Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; But lost , dissolved in thy superior rays , One tide of ...
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... Heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such was the life great Scipio once admired , Thus Atticus , and Trumbal ...
... Heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such was the life great Scipio once admired , Thus Atticus , and Trumbal ...
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... quire , The immortal powers incline their ear : Borne on the swelling notes our souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To ODES , & c .
... quire , The immortal powers incline their ear : Borne on the swelling notes our souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To ODES , & c .
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... heaven . TWO CHORUSSES TO THE TRAGEDY OF BRUTUS , Altered from Shakspeare by the Duke of Buckingham at whose desire these two Chorusses were composed , to supply as many wanting in his Play . They were set many years afterwards by the ...
... heaven . TWO CHORUSSES TO THE TRAGEDY OF BRUTUS , Altered from Shakspeare by the Duke of Buckingham at whose desire these two Chorusses were composed , to supply as many wanting in his Play . They were set many years afterwards by the ...
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