The British Poets, Volumes 16-18A. Kincaid and W. Creech, and J. Balfour, 1773 |
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Page 42
... She on the world her clemency shall show'r , And only to preferve , exert her pow'r . Tyrants shall then their impious aims forbear , And Blenheim's thunder more than Ætna's fear * . Since by no arts I therefore can defeat The happy ...
... She on the world her clemency shall show'r , And only to preferve , exert her pow'r . Tyrants shall then their impious aims forbear , And Blenheim's thunder more than Ætna's fear * . Since by no arts I therefore can defeat The happy ...
Page 49
... fair . * Medicines made up there , for the ufe of the poor . Light's chearful fmiles o'er th ' azure west are spread1 CANTO III . -49 To a Lady, she refusing to continue a dispute with me, and leaving me in the argument: An Ode.
... fair . * Medicines made up there , for the ufe of the poor . Light's chearful fmiles o'er th ' azure west are spread1 CANTO III . -49 To a Lady, she refusing to continue a dispute with me, and leaving me in the argument: An Ode.
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... She loft a hero , and she found a § god . + See Steph . Thefeus . $ Bacchus . W CANTO v . Hen the ftill night , with CANTO IV . 7x.
... She loft a hero , and she found a § god . + See Steph . Thefeus . $ Bacchus . W CANTO v . Hen the ftill night , with CANTO IV . 7x.
Page 86
... She feem'd a cherub most divinely bright , More foft than air , more gay than morning light . A charm she takes from each excelling fair , And borrows Carlisle's fhape , and Grafton's air : Her eyes like Ranelagh's their beams dispense ...
... She feem'd a cherub most divinely bright , More foft than air , more gay than morning light . A charm she takes from each excelling fair , And borrows Carlisle's fhape , and Grafton's air : Her eyes like Ranelagh's their beams dispense ...
Page 91
... she's poor , And pines for thirst amidst her watry store . Now loathfome Lepra , that offensive spright , With foul eruptions ftain'd , offends the sight ; Still deaf to beauty's soft perfuading pow'r : Nor can bright Hebe's charms her ...
... she's poor , And pines for thirst amidst her watry store . Now loathfome Lepra , that offensive spright , With foul eruptions ftain'd , offends the sight ; Still deaf to beauty's soft perfuading pow'r : Nor can bright Hebe's charms her ...
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