Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1857 |
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... shine , and connected beauty , elegance , and strength , in all his poetical compositions . Though Dryden thus polished our English numbers , and thus harmonized versification , it cannot be said that he carried his art to perfection ...
... shine , and connected beauty , elegance , and strength , in all his poetical compositions . Though Dryden thus polished our English numbers , and thus harmonized versification , it cannot be said that he carried his art to perfection ...
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... shine , And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove . Just gods ! shall all things yield returns but love ? Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ; The shepherds cry , ' Thy ...
... shine , And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove . Just gods ! shall all things yield returns but love ? Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ; The shepherds cry , ' Thy ...
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... shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost : Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain : Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows ...
... shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost : Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain : Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows ...
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... shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , 105 Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word , his saving power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts , thy own ...
... shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , 105 Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word , his saving power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts , thy own ...
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... shine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine ; Let barbarous Ganges arm a servile train , Be mine the blessings of a peaceful reign No more my sons shall dye with British blood Red Iber's sands , or Ister's foaming flood : Safe on ...
... shine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine ; Let barbarous Ganges arm a servile train , Be mine the blessings of a peaceful reign No more my sons shall dye with British blood Red Iber's sands , or Ister's foaming flood : Safe on ...
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