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... GoD of GOD . In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our errour lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Aspiring to be Gods , if Angels ...
... GoD of GOD . In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our errour lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Aspiring to be Gods , if Angels ...
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... Gods descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , there the blest abodes ; Fear made her Devils , and weak Hope her Gods ; Gods partial , changeful , passionate , unjust , . Whose attributes were Rage , Revenge , or ...
... Gods descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , there the blest abodes ; Fear made her Devils , and weak Hope her Gods ; Gods partial , changeful , passionate , unjust , . Whose attributes were Rage , Revenge , or ...
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... Gods are for us : those Gods , whose temples and altars the impious Tarquin has profaned with sacrifices and libations made with polluted hands , polluted with blood , and with numberless unexpi- ated crimes committed against his ...
... Gods are for us : those Gods , whose temples and altars the impious Tarquin has profaned with sacrifices and libations made with polluted hands , polluted with blood , and with numberless unexpi- ated crimes committed against his ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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