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That I alone of all the host of heav'n , “ Should reign Protectress of the godlike
youth , Thus the Almiglaty spake ; he spake and call me Trutno MASON . CH A P.
XV . O DE TO FANCY . O , PARENT of each lovely Mufe , Thy spirit o'er my soul ...
That I alone of all the host of heav'n , “ Should reign Protectress of the godlike
youth , Thus the Almiglaty spake ; he spake and call me Trutno MASON . CH A P.
XV . O DE TO FANCY . O , PARENT of each lovely Mufe , Thy spirit o'er my soul ...
Page 288
... O hither come From thy lamented Shakespear's tomb , On which thou lov'st to
fit at eve , Mufing o'er thy darling grave ; O Queen of numbers , once again
Animate some chosen fwain , Who , fill'd with unexhausted fire , May boldly strike
the ...
... O hither come From thy lamented Shakespear's tomb , On which thou lov'st to
fit at eve , Mufing o'er thy darling grave ; O Queen of numbers , once again
Animate some chosen fwain , Who , fill'd with unexhausted fire , May boldly strike
the ...
Page 308
And in this state she gallops , night by night , Through lovers ' brains , and then
they dream of love : On courtiers ' knees , that dream on curtfies strait : O'er
lawyers ' fingers , who ftrait dream on fees : O'er ladies ' lips , who strait on kiffes
dream ...
And in this state she gallops , night by night , Through lovers ' brains , and then
they dream of love : On courtiers ' knees , that dream on curtfies strait : O'er
lawyers ' fingers , who ftrait dream on fees : O'er ladies ' lips , who strait on kiffes
dream ...
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-And now , Philanthropy ! thy rays divine Dart round the globe from Zembla to the
Line ; O'er each dark prison plays the cheering light ,. Like northern lustres o'er
the vault of night.From realm to realm , with cross or cresent crown'd , Where'er ...
-And now , Philanthropy ! thy rays divine Dart round the globe from Zembla to the
Line ; O'er each dark prison plays the cheering light ,. Like northern lustres o'er
the vault of night.From realm to realm , with cross or cresent crown'd , Where'er ...
Page 427
By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er th ' Elysian
flow'rs ; By those happy fouls who dwell In yellow meads of Afphodel , Or
Amaranthine bow'rs ; By the hero's armed shades , Glitt'ring thro ' the gloomy
glades ?
By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er th ' Elysian
flow'rs ; By those happy fouls who dwell In yellow meads of Afphodel , Or
Amaranthine bow'rs ; By the hero's armed shades , Glitt'ring thro ' the gloomy
glades ?
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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