Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... happy , Believe their harsh austerity is goodness . If there be gods , they meant we should enjoy : Why give us else these tastes and appetites ? And why the means to crown them with indul- gence ? To burst the feeble bonds which hold ...
... happy , Believe their harsh austerity is goodness . If there be gods , they meant we should enjoy : Why give us else these tastes and appetites ? And why the means to crown them with indul- gence ? To burst the feeble bonds which hold ...
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... happy season , see he comes . Enter Daniel . BELSHAZZAR . Welcome , thrice venerable sage ! approach . Art thou that Daniel whom my great forefather Brought hither with the captive tribes of Judah ? I am , O king ! DANIEL . BELSHAZZAR ...
... happy season , see he comes . Enter Daniel . BELSHAZZAR . Welcome , thrice venerable sage ! approach . Art thou that Daniel whom my great forefather Brought hither with the captive tribes of Judah ? I am , O king ! DANIEL . BELSHAZZAR ...
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... happy she , Whom Heaven most favor'd when it gave her thee . URANIA . But who are these , in whose attractive mien , So sweetly blended , ev'ry grace is seen ? Speak , my Florella ! say the cause why here These beauteous damsels on our ...
... happy she , Whom Heaven most favor'd when it gave her thee . URANIA . But who are these , in whose attractive mien , So sweetly blended , ev'ry grace is seen ? Speak , my Florella ! say the cause why here These beauteous damsels on our ...
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... happy they for whom , in early age , Enlightening knowledge spreads her letter'd Teaches each headstrong passion to control , And pours her liberal lesson on the soul ! Ideas grow from books , their natural food , As aliment is changed ...
... happy they for whom , in early age , Enlightening knowledge spreads her letter'd Teaches each headstrong passion to control , And pours her liberal lesson on the soul ! Ideas grow from books , their natural food , As aliment is changed ...
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... happy friend : To go to stay - alike he fears ; At length a bolder flight he dares ; To Celia he resolves to fly , And catch fresh virtue from her eye ; Though three full weeks did yet remain , Ere he engaged to come again . This plan ...
... happy friend : To go to stay - alike he fears ; At length a bolder flight he dares ; To Celia he resolves to fly , And catch fresh virtue from her eye ; Though three full weeks did yet remain , Ere he engaged to come again . This plan ...
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arms Bavius beauty behold BELSHAZZAR bless bless'd bliss breast breath bright charms Columbo court cried crown'd Cupid DARIUS dear death delight Derry divine dread Dunciad e'en e'er earth ELIAB epigram eternal eyes fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame fond fool give glory goddess grace grief hand happy hast hear heart Heaven heavenly hero honour hope Iliad JOCHEBED king live Lord lyre maid mighty mind mortal mourn muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain passion PHARNACES Pindaric pleasure poem poet praise pride queen rage reign rise round sacred Sappho satire scene shade shine sigh sing skies smile soft song SORANUS soul spirit Spleen sweet taste tears tell thee thine things thou thought throne tongue trembling truth Twas verse vex'd Virgil virtue wings youth