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... fire : Hands , that the rod of empire might have Or wak'd to extafy the living lyre . [ fway'd , But knowledge to ... fires . For thee , who , mindful of th`unhonour'd dead , Dott in these lines their artless tale relate ; If , chance ...
... fire : Hands , that the rod of empire might have Or wak'd to extafy the living lyre . [ fway'd , But knowledge to ... fires . For thee , who , mindful of th`unhonour'd dead , Dott in these lines their artless tale relate ; If , chance ...
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... fire , Involv'd in pitchy clouds of smoke and stench , Mars the adjacent fields for fome leagues ound , And there it stops . The big fwoln inundation , Of mischief more diffufive , raving loud , [ more ; Buries whole tracts of countries ...
... fire , Involv'd in pitchy clouds of smoke and stench , Mars the adjacent fields for fome leagues ound , And there it stops . The big fwoln inundation , Of mischief more diffufive , raving loud , [ more ; Buries whole tracts of countries ...
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... fire , Heirs as ye are of heaven's eternal day ; Would bid you boldly to that heav'n afpire , Not fink and flumber in your cells of clay . Know , ye were form'd to range yon azure field , In yon ethereal founts of bliis to lave : Force ...
... fire , Heirs as ye are of heaven's eternal day ; Would bid you boldly to that heav'n afpire , Not fink and flumber in your cells of clay . Know , ye were form'd to range yon azure field , In yon ethereal founts of bliis to lave : Force ...
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... fire replied ; Words follow'd words , from question answer flow'd , And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road ; Till each with other pleas'd , and loth to part , While in their age they differ , join in heart . Thus ftands an aged elm ...
... fire replied ; Words follow'd words , from question answer flow'd , And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road ; Till each with other pleas'd , and loth to part , While in their age they differ , join in heart . Thus ftands an aged elm ...
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... fire , could more affault his heart . Confused and ftruck with filence at the deed , He flies , but trembling fails to fly with speed . His fteps the youth pursues ; the country lay Perplex'd with roads , a fervant flow'd the way : A ...
... fire , could more affault his heart . Confused and ftruck with filence at the deed , He flies , but trembling fails to fly with speed . His fteps the youth pursues ; the country lay Perplex'd with roads , a fervant flow'd the way : A ...
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