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... fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meaneft what we greatest call , Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall . And fure , if aught below the feats divine Can touch immortals , ' tis a foul like thine ...
... fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meaneft what we greatest call , Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall . And fure , if aught below the feats divine Can touch immortals , ' tis a foul like thine ...
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... Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew firft the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's sweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He finil'd , he kifs ...
... Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew firft the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's sweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He finil'd , he kifs ...
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... fame . Once on a time , fatigued and out of breath , And juft efcap'd the ftretching claws of death , A gentle Mouse , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled swift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst ...
... fame . Once on a time , fatigued and out of breath , And juft efcap'd the ftretching claws of death , A gentle Mouse , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled swift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst ...
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... fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my gueffing eyes . Thus ceas'd the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the gods , the men , the birds that fly Through wild expanfes of the midway sky , My name refounds ; and if unknown to ...
... fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my gueffing eyes . Thus ceas'd the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the gods , the men , the birds that fly Through wild expanfes of the midway sky , My name refounds ; and if unknown to ...
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... fame : O friends , I never forc'd the Moufe to death , Nor faw the gasping of his latest breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by . falfe appearance ...
... fame : O friends , I never forc'd the Moufe to death , Nor faw the gasping of his latest breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by . falfe appearance ...
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æther ANTISTROPHE arife beauty beneath bleffings blefs'd blifs boaſt bofom breaſt breath bright charms chearful cloſe defcends defire divine eaſe eyes facred fafe faid fair falute fame fancy fate fear feas feat feek feems feen fhade fhall fhepherds fhine fhow fide fight filent filver fing fix'd flain flame flies flowers fmiles foft fome fong fons forrow foul fpring Frogs ftand ftill ftream fuch fung fweet glory grace grove heart Ifrael king laſt Lord lov'd Meaſures mind moſt mufic night numbers Nymphs o'er paffion Pelops plain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purſue rage rais'd raiſe realms reft rife riſe rofe ſcene ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſong ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand Twas voice Whofe whoſe winds wondrous
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Page 18 - Ye nightingales, ye twisting pines ! Ye swains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes, breezy winds ! Ye close retreats of love ! With all of nature, all of art, Assist the. dear design...
Page 90 - To what excefles had his dotage run ? But God, to fave the father, took the fon. To all but thee, in fits he feem'd to go, (And 'twas my miniftry to deal the blow) The poor fond parent, humbled in the duft, Now owns in tears the punifhment was juft.
Page 85 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
Page 57 - And fits in meaiures, fuch as Virgil's Mufe To place thee near him might be fond to chufe. How might he tune th...
Page 78 - Those graves, with bending osier bound, That nameless heave the crumbled ground, Quick to the glancing thought disclose Where toil and poverty repose. The flat smooth stones that bear a name...
Page 89 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours...
Page 6 - A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.
Page 338 - There folid billows of enormous fize, Alps of green ice, in wild diforder rife. And yet but lately have I feen, ev'n here, The winter in a lovely drefs appear.
Page 94 - But urge thy powers, thine utmost voice advance, Make the loud strings against thy fingers dance ; 'Tis love that angels praise and men adore, 'Tis love divine that asks it all and more. Fling back the gates of ever-blazing day, Pour floods of liquid light to gild the way ; And all in glory wrapt...
Page 78 - Arms, angels, epitaphs and bones, These (all the poor remains of state) Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give.