Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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Page viii
... Muse , Which for his firmness does his heat excuse ; Whatever councils have approved his creed , The preface sure was his own act and deed . Our church will have that preface read you'll say : ' Tis true : but so she will the Apocrypha ...
... Muse , Which for his firmness does his heat excuse ; Whatever councils have approved his creed , The preface sure was his own act and deed . Our church will have that preface read you'll say : ' Tis true : but so she will the Apocrypha ...
Page ix
... Muse ; The wretch that thought himself possess'd with Laugh'd at the god within that did inspire With more than human thoughts the tuneful quire . But sure ' tis more than fancy , or the dream Of rhymers slumbering by the Muses ' stream ...
... Muse ; The wretch that thought himself possess'd with Laugh'd at the god within that did inspire With more than human thoughts the tuneful quire . But sure ' tis more than fancy , or the dream Of rhymers slumbering by the Muses ' stream ...
Page x
... Muse does in sweet numbers sing , She vindicates her God and godlike King . Atheist , and rebel too , she does oppose ; ( God and the King have always the same foes . ) Legions of verse you raise in their defence , And write the ...
... Muse does in sweet numbers sing , She vindicates her God and godlike King . Atheist , and rebel too , she does oppose ; ( God and the King have always the same foes . ) Legions of verse you raise in their defence , And write the ...
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... Muse by Mars begot , Born , Cæsar - like , to write and act great deeds ; Impatient to revenge his fatal shot , His right hand doubly to his left succeeds . Thousands were there in darker fame that dwell , Whose deeds some nobler poem ...
... Muse by Mars begot , Born , Cæsar - like , to write and act great deeds ; Impatient to revenge his fatal shot , His right hand doubly to his left succeeds . Thousands were there in darker fame that dwell , Whose deeds some nobler poem ...
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... Muse ; Madness ungovernable , uninspired , Swift to foretel whatever she desired . Was it for me the dark abyss to tread , And read the book which angels cannot read ? How was I punish'd when the sudden blast , The face of heaven and ...
... Muse ; Madness ungovernable , uninspired , Swift to foretel whatever she desired . Was it for me the dark abyss to tread , And read the book which angels cannot read ? How was I punish'd when the sudden blast , The face of heaven and ...
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