Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue : and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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... fons and daughters , yet unborn , In crowding ranks on ev'ry fide arife , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barb'rous nations at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd ...
... fons and daughters , yet unborn , In crowding ranks on ev'ry fide arife , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barb'rous nations at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd ...
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... partners of your kind Wide hover round you like the fowls of Heaven , And atk their humble dole . The various turns Of fortune ponder ; that your fons may want What G 2 SELECT POEMS . OEMS . 69 The Story of Lavinia, Thomfon.
... partners of your kind Wide hover round you like the fowls of Heaven , And atk their humble dole . The various turns Of fortune ponder ; that your fons may want What G 2 SELECT POEMS . OEMS . 69 The Story of Lavinia, Thomfon.
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... fons may want What now , with hard reluctance , faint ye give . The lovely young Lavinia once had friends , And fortune fmil'd deceitful on her birth : For , in her helpless years depriv'd of all , Of every stay , fave Innocence and ...
... fons may want What now , with hard reluctance , faint ye give . The lovely young Lavinia once had friends , And fortune fmil'd deceitful on her birth : For , in her helpless years depriv'd of all , Of every stay , fave Innocence and ...
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... fons with envious eyes The relics of our store . XIII . Thus hand in hand through life we'll go , Its checquer'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we'll tread ; Quit its vain fcenes without a tear , Without a trouble or a fear ...
... fons with envious eyes The relics of our store . XIII . Thus hand in hand through life we'll go , Its checquer'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we'll tread ; Quit its vain fcenes without a tear , Without a trouble or a fear ...
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... fons of light , Angels ! for ye behold him , and with fongs And choral fymphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heav'n , On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him firft , him last , him midft , and without ...
... fons of light , Angels ! for ye behold him , and with fongs And choral fymphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heav'n , On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him firft , him last , him midft , and without ...
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æther beauty beneath beſtow bids bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms cheek clouds DAVID GARRICK defcends deſpair e'er earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing flame fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic muſt Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride refign'd reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe whoſe wings youth