The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... lost , In all that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They cry ...
... lost , In all that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They cry ...
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... lost their way ; And , being always primed with politesse For men of their appearance and address , With much compassion undertakes the task , To tell them more than they have wit to ask : Points to inscriptions wheresoe'er they tread ...
... lost their way ; And , being always primed with politesse For men of their appearance and address , With much compassion undertakes the task , To tell them more than they have wit to ask : Points to inscriptions wheresoe'er they tread ...
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... lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass , every sinew plies ; Pants for't , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes , His ...
... lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass , every sinew plies ; Pants for't , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes , His ...
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... lost . [ most , Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud dis- Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - [ dain ) Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; ' And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are the sober , in whose ...
... lost . [ most , Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud dis- Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - [ dain ) Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; ' And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are the sober , in whose ...
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... lost his interest here , And pardons are not sold as once they were , No papist more desirous to compound , Than some grave sinners upon English ground . That plea refuted , other quirks they seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ...
... lost his interest here , And pardons are not sold as once they were , No papist more desirous to compound , Than some grave sinners upon English ground . That plea refuted , other quirks they seek- Mercy is infinite , and man is weak ...
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