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... Spleen WHEN by its magic lantern Spleen With frightful figures spread life's scene , And threat'ning prospects urg'd my fears , A stranger to the luck of heirs ; Reason , some quiet to restore , Show'd part was substance , shadow more ...
... Spleen WHEN by its magic lantern Spleen With frightful figures spread life's scene , And threat'ning prospects urg'd my fears , A stranger to the luck of heirs ; Reason , some quiet to restore , Show'd part was substance , shadow more ...
Page 90
... Spleen lies soft relax'd in bed , Or o'er coal - fire inclines the head , Hygeia's sons with hound and horn , And ... Spleen pierced , trod down , and dying view ; While all their spirits are on wing ; And woods , and hills , and valleys ...
... Spleen lies soft relax'd in bed , Or o'er coal - fire inclines the head , Hygeia's sons with hound and horn , And ... Spleen pierced , trod down , and dying view ; While all their spirits are on wing ; And woods , and hills , and valleys ...
Page 91
... Spleen call'd growing wise . Greatness in glittering forms display'd Affects weak eyes much us'd to shade , And by its falsely envied scene Gives self - debasing fits of Spleen . We shou'd be pleas'd that things are so , Who do for ...
... Spleen call'd growing wise . Greatness in glittering forms display'd Affects weak eyes much us'd to shade , And by its falsely envied scene Gives self - debasing fits of Spleen . We shou'd be pleas'd that things are so , Who do for ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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