Cyclopaedia of English Literature: Sixth period from 1727-1780. Poets ; Scottish poets ; tragic dramatists ; Comic dramatists ; Periodical essayists ; Novelists ; Historians ; Metaphysical writers ; Writers in divinity ; Miscellaneous writersRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1847 - Authors, English |
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... rest , And foretells a bright rising again . Just such is the Christian ; his course he begins , Like the sun in a mist , when he mourns for his sins , And melts into tears ; then he breaks out and shines , And travels his heavenly way ...
... rest , And foretells a bright rising again . Just such is the Christian ; his course he begins , Like the sun in a mist , when he mourns for his sins , And melts into tears ; then he breaks out and shines , And travels his heavenly way ...
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... rest beneath this humble shade ! The world's a stately bark , on dangerous seas , With pleasure seen , but boarded at our peril ; Here , on a single plank , thrown safe ashore , I hear the tumult of the distant throng , As that of seas ...
... rest beneath this humble shade ! The world's a stately bark , on dangerous seas , With pleasure seen , but boarded at our peril ; Here , on a single plank , thrown safe ashore , I hear the tumult of the distant throng , As that of seas ...
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... rest , And join anew eternity , his sire : In his immutability to nest , When worlds that count his circles now , unhinged , ( Fate the loud signal sounding ) headlong rush To timeless night and chaos , whence they rose . But why on ...
... rest , And join anew eternity , his sire : In his immutability to nest , When worlds that count his circles now , unhinged , ( Fate the loud signal sounding ) headlong rush To timeless night and chaos , whence they rose . But why on ...
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... rest , Unanxious for ourselves , and only wish , As duteous sons , our fathers were more wise . At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty , and reforms his plan ; ' At fifty chides his infamous delay , Pushes his prudent ...
... rest , Unanxious for ourselves , and only wish , As duteous sons , our fathers were more wise . At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty , and reforms his plan ; ' At fifty chides his infamous delay , Pushes his prudent ...
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... rest : Sleep - soothing groves , and quiet lawns between ; And flowery beds that slumberous influence kest , From poppies breathed ; and beds of pleasant green , Oh , grievous folly ! to heap up estate , 19 POETS . JAMES THOMSON ...
... rest : Sleep - soothing groves , and quiet lawns between ; And flowery beds that slumberous influence kest , From poppies breathed ; and beds of pleasant green , Oh , grievous folly ! to heap up estate , 19 POETS . JAMES THOMSON ...
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