Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, & Entertaining, in Poetry ... Being Similar in Design to Extracts in Prose, Volums 1-2Rivingtons, 1791 - 944 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... THESE are thy glorious works , Parent of good , Almighty , thine this univerfal frame , Thus wondrous fair ; thy felf how wondrous then ! Unfpeakable , who fitt'ft above these Heavens To us invifible , or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft ...
... THESE are thy glorious works , Parent of good , Almighty , thine this univerfal frame , Thus wondrous fair ; thy felf how wondrous then ! Unfpeakable , who fitt'ft above these Heavens To us invifible , or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft ...
Pàgina 23
... These , and a thousand more , Hond to all , attentive wait ; and , when ByHeav'n's command Death waves his ebonwand , Sudden ruth forth to execute his purpofe , Aud fcatter defolation o'er the Earth . [ duft Ill - fated Man , for whom ...
... These , and a thousand more , Hond to all , attentive wait ; and , when ByHeav'n's command Death waves his ebonwand , Sudden ruth forth to execute his purpofe , Aud fcatter defolation o'er the Earth . [ duft Ill - fated Man , for whom ...
Pàgina 48
... these Behold the mighty murd'rers of mankind : They who in fport whole kingdoms slew ; or they Who to the tott'ring pinnacle of power Waded through feas of blood ! How will they curfe The madnefs of ambition ! how lament Their dear ...
... these Behold the mighty murd'rers of mankind : They who in fport whole kingdoms slew ; or they Who to the tott'ring pinnacle of power Waded through feas of blood ! How will they curfe The madnefs of ambition ! how lament Their dear ...
Pàgina 55
... these shiv'ring limbs again . Say , does not life its nourishment exceed ? And the fair body its invefting weed ? Behold ! and look away your low despair— See the light tenants of the barren air : To the nor ftores nor granaries belong ...
... these shiv'ring limbs again . Say , does not life its nourishment exceed ? And the fair body its invefting weed ? Behold ! and look away your low despair— See the light tenants of the barren air : To the nor ftores nor granaries belong ...
Pàgina 70
... these laureate honours fade , And with them ( if it can ) my friendship die ! Then do not blame , if , tho ' thyfelf infpire , Cautious I ftrike the panegyric ftring ; The Mufe full oft pursues a meteor fire , And , vainly vent rous ...
... these laureate honours fade , And with them ( if it can ) my friendship die ! Then do not blame , if , tho ' thyfelf infpire , Cautious I ftrike the panegyric ftring ; The Mufe full oft pursues a meteor fire , And , vainly vent rous ...
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