Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... hand to limn a deity : And he , by frequent practising that part , Could draw a minor god with wondrous art ; But when great Jove did to the workman sit , The Thunderer such horror did beget , That put the frighted artist to a stand ...
... hand to limn a deity : And he , by frequent practising that part , Could draw a minor god with wondrous art ; But when great Jove did to the workman sit , The Thunderer such horror did beget , That put the frighted artist to a stand ...
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... hand gaining what on that he lost , Though in his life he blood and ruin breathed , To his now guideless kingdom peace bequeathed ; And Heaven , that seem'd regardless of our fate , For France and Spain did miracles create ; Such mortal ...
... hand gaining what on that he lost , Though in his life he blood and ruin breathed , To his now guideless kingdom peace bequeathed ; And Heaven , that seem'd regardless of our fate , For France and Spain did miracles create ; Such mortal ...
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... hand ; And prudently would make them Lords at sea , To whom with ease he can 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 ...
... hand ; And prudently would make them Lords at sea , To whom with ease he can 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 ...
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Their left hand does the calking iron guide , The rattling mallet with the right they lift . With boiling pitch another near at hand ( From friendly Sweden brought ) the seams in- stops ; Which , well paid o'er , the salt sea waves ...
Their left hand does the calking iron guide , The rattling mallet with the right they lift . With boiling pitch another near at hand ( From friendly Sweden brought ) the seams in- stops ; Which , well paid o'er , the salt sea waves ...
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... hand , and saves Desponding Peter sinking in the waves . As when a sudden storm of hail and rain Beats to the ground the yet unbearded grain , Think not the hopes of harvest are destroy'd On the flat field , and on the naked void ; The ...
... hand , and saves Desponding Peter sinking in the waves . As when a sudden storm of hail and rain Beats to the ground the yet unbearded grain , Think not the hopes of harvest are destroy'd On the flat field , and on the naked void ; The ...
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