Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... stands , and e'en those ills enjoys ; Firm as fair Albion , ' midst the raging main , Surveys encircling danger with disdain . In vain the waves ... stand , And made his pencil drop from's baffled hand . TAB Life of the Author ib . ix · To.
... stands , and e'en those ills enjoys ; Firm as fair Albion , ' midst the raging main , Surveys encircling danger with disdain . In vain the waves ... stand , And made his pencil drop from's baffled hand . TAB Life of the Author ib . ix · To.
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... stand a wonder to all years and ages , and who have built yourselves an immortal Monument on your own ruins ; you are now a phoenix in her ashes , and , as far as hu- manity can approach , a great emblem of the suf fering Deity : but ...
... stand a wonder to all years and ages , and who have built yourselves an immortal Monument on your own ruins ; you are now a phoenix in her ashes , and , as far as hu- manity can approach , a great emblem of the suf fering Deity : but ...
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... stand : And threatening France , placed like a painted Jove , Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand . That eunuch - guardian of rich Holland's trade , Who envies us what he wants power t ' enjoy ; Whose noiseful valour does no foe invade ...
... stand : And threatening France , placed like a painted Jove , Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand . That eunuch - guardian of rich Holland's trade , Who envies us what he wants power t ' enjoy ; Whose noiseful valour does no foe invade ...
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... stand gather'd on a heap , And from the precipice's brink retire , Afraid to venture on so large a leap . Thus fighting fires a while themselves consume , But straight , like Turks , forced on to win or die , They first lay tender ...
... stand gather'd on a heap , And from the precipice's brink retire , Afraid to venture on so large a leap . Thus fighting fires a while themselves consume , But straight , like Turks , forced on to win or die , They first lay tender ...
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... stand , Continue still thyself to give the stroke , And let not foreign foes oppress thy land . " Th ' Eternal heard ... standing streets with so much joy they view , That with less grief the perish'd they deplore . The father of the ...
... stand , Continue still thyself to give the stroke , And let not foreign foes oppress thy land . " Th ' Eternal heard ... standing streets with so much joy they view , That with less grief the perish'd they deplore . The father of the ...
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