The English Parnassus: Being a New Selection of Didactic, Descriptive, Pathetic, Plaintive, and Pastoral Poetry, Extracted from the Works of the Latest and Most Celebrated Poets... |
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... man thou lov'ft contend ! But bear a thousand frailties from thy friend . Rafhly inflam'd , vain fpleen , and flight furmife , To real feuds , and endless difcords vife . B O'er O'er luft , o'er anger , keep the strictest rein.
... man thou lov'ft contend ! But bear a thousand frailties from thy friend . Rafhly inflam'd , vain fpleen , and flight furmife , To real feuds , and endless difcords vife . B O'er O'er luft , o'er anger , keep the strictest rein.
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... thousand differing lips fhall join To hail this welcome morn , Which scatters bleffings from its wings To nations yet unborn . V. Jefus the friend of human kind , With ftrong compaffion mov'd , Defcended like a pitying god , To fave the ...
... thousand differing lips fhall join To hail this welcome morn , Which scatters bleffings from its wings To nations yet unborn . V. Jefus the friend of human kind , With ftrong compaffion mov'd , Defcended like a pitying god , To fave the ...
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... thousand glittering lamps the skies adorning , Num'rous as dew - drops from the womb of morning . V. Earth's blooming face with rifing flowers he dreft , And spread a verdant mantle o'er her breast : Then from the hollow of his hand he ...
... thousand glittering lamps the skies adorning , Num'rous as dew - drops from the womb of morning . V. Earth's blooming face with rifing flowers he dreft , And spread a verdant mantle o'er her breast : Then from the hollow of his hand he ...
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... thousand graces fhine ; From ev'ry tongue flows harmony divine . These arts in vain our rugged natives try , Strain out with fault'ring diffidence a lie , And gain a kick for aukward flattery . What man would leave , unbrib'd ...
... thousand graces fhine ; From ev'ry tongue flows harmony divine . These arts in vain our rugged natives try , Strain out with fault'ring diffidence a lie , And gain a kick for aukward flattery . What man would leave , unbrib'd ...
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... thousand wondrous forms defcries , More wildly great than ever pencil drew : Rocks , torrents , gulfs , and shapes of giant fize , And glittering cliffs on cliffs , and fiery ramparts rife . II . Thence mufing onward to the founding ...
... thousand wondrous forms defcries , More wildly great than ever pencil drew : Rocks , torrents , gulfs , and shapes of giant fize , And glittering cliffs on cliffs , and fiery ramparts rife . II . Thence mufing onward to the founding ...
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