A Collection Of Poems: In Four Volumes, Volume 1Dodsley, 1755 - 341 pages |
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... mufe delight , Content to see the horrors of the field By plough - fhares level'd , or in flow'rs conceal'd . O'er fhatter'd walls may creeping ivy twine , And grafs luxuriant cloath the harmless mine , Tame flocks afcend the breach ...
... mufe delight , Content to see the horrors of the field By plough - fhares level'd , or in flow'rs conceal'd . O'er fhatter'd walls may creeping ivy twine , And grafs luxuriant cloath the harmless mine , Tame flocks afcend the breach ...
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... Bold Mordaunt in Iberian trophies dress'd , And Campbell's dragon on his dauntless breast ; Great Ormond's deeds on Vigo's fpoils enroll'd , And Guiscard's knife on Harley's Chili gold . And And if the mufe , O Bristol , might decree [ 14 ]
... Bold Mordaunt in Iberian trophies dress'd , And Campbell's dragon on his dauntless breast ; Great Ormond's deeds on Vigo's fpoils enroll'd , And Guiscard's knife on Harley's Chili gold . And And if the mufe , O Bristol , might decree [ 14 ]
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... mufe can only yield , And footh her foldiers panting from the field ; To sweet retirements see them safe convey'd , And raise their battles in the rural fhade . From fields of death to Woodstock's peaceful glooms ( The poet's haunt ) ...
... mufe can only yield , And footh her foldiers panting from the field ; To sweet retirements see them safe convey'd , And raise their battles in the rural fhade . From fields of death to Woodstock's peaceful glooms ( The poet's haunt ) ...
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... rais'd by you , Her antient pride shall ev'ry art renew ; ( The arts with you , fam'd Harcourt , shall defend , And courtly Bolingbroke , the mufe's friend ) B 3 With With piercing eye fome fearch where nature plays , And [ 21 ]
... rais'd by you , Her antient pride shall ev'ry art renew ; ( The arts with you , fam'd Harcourt , shall defend , And courtly Bolingbroke , the mufe's friend ) B 3 With With piercing eye fome fearch where nature plays , And [ 21 ]
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... mufe , whofe rude effays Scarce hope for pardon , not aspire to praise , Cherish'd by you in time may grow to fame , And mine furvive with Bristol's glorious name . Fir'd with the views this glitt'ring scene displays , And fmit with ...
... mufe , whofe rude effays Scarce hope for pardon , not aspire to praise , Cherish'd by you in time may grow to fame , And mine furvive with Bristol's glorious name . Fir'd with the views this glitt'ring scene displays , And fmit with ...
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