Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... give your country fame , yet shun your own ! In vain ; for every where your praise you find , And not to meet it , you must shun mankind . Your loyal theme each loyal reader draws , And even the factious give your verse applause , Whose ...
... give your country fame , yet shun your own ! In vain ; for every where your praise you find , And not to meet it , you must shun mankind . Your loyal theme each loyal reader draws , And even the factious give your verse applause , Whose ...
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... give . The Prince of Peace would , like himself , confer A gift unhoped without the price of war : Yet , as he knew his blessings ' worth , took care That we would know it by repeated prayer , Which storm'd the skies , and ravish'd ...
... give . The Prince of Peace would , like himself , confer A gift unhoped without the price of war : Yet , as he knew his blessings ' worth , took care That we would know it by repeated prayer , Which storm'd the skies , and ravish'd ...
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... give you the encouragement of a martyr : you could never suffer in a nobler cause . For I have chosen the most heroic subject which any Poet could desire ; I have taken upon me to describe the motives , the begin- ning , progress , and ...
... give you the encouragement of a martyr : you could never suffer in a nobler cause . For I have chosen the most heroic subject which any Poet could desire ; I have taken upon me to describe the motives , the begin- ning , progress , and ...
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... give laws by land . This saw our King ; and long within his breast His pensive counsels balanc'd to and fro : He grieved the land he freed should be oppress'd , And he less for it than usurpers do . His generous mind the fair ideas drew ...
... give laws by land . This saw our King ; and long within his breast His pensive counsels balanc'd to and fro : He grieved the land he freed should be oppress'd , And he less for it than usurpers do . His generous mind the fair ideas drew ...
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... give no chase , but swallow in the fry , Which through their gaping jaws mistake the [ way . Nor was this all ; in ports and roads remote Destructive fires among whole fleets we send ; Triumphant flames upon the waters float , And ...
... give no chase , but swallow in the fry , Which through their gaping jaws mistake the [ way . Nor was this all ; in ports and roads remote Destructive fires among whole fleets we send ; Triumphant flames upon the waters float , And ...
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