Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 148
... reign . The happy crowd , Beneath the eafy yoke with pleasure bow , And think in thee their own Minerva reigns . Ifm . Must I then reign , nay , muft I live without him ? Not fo , O godlike youth ! you lov'd Ifmena : You , for her fake ...
... reign . The happy crowd , Beneath the eafy yoke with pleasure bow , And think in thee their own Minerva reigns . Ifm . Must I then reign , nay , muft I live without him ? Not fo , O godlike youth ! you lov'd Ifmena : You , for her fake ...
Page 334
... reign , I'll be the vicar of Bray , fir . When Royal James obtain'd the crown , And popery came in fashion , The penal laws I hooted down , And read the Declaration : The church of Rome I found would fit Full well my constitution ; And ...
... reign , I'll be the vicar of Bray , fir . When Royal James obtain'd the crown , And popery came in fashion , The penal laws I hooted down , And read the Declaration : The church of Rome I found would fit Full well my constitution ; And ...
Page 401
... reign was Till fhame regain'd the poft that fenfe betray'd , And virtue call'd oblivion to her aid . [ fin'd , Then crufh'd by rules , and weaken'd as re- For years the pow'r of Tragedy declin'd : From bard to bard the frigid caution ...
... reign was Till fhame regain'd the poft that fenfe betray'd , And virtue call'd oblivion to her aid . [ fin'd , Then crufh'd by rules , and weaken'd as re- For years the pow'r of Tragedy declin'd : From bard to bard the frigid caution ...
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