Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... raise poetic flame , And shall no altars blaze , O Truth , to thee ? Shall falsehood only please , and fable charm ? And shall eternal Truth neglected lie , Because immortal , slighted or profaned ? Truth has our reverence only , not ...
... raise poetic flame , And shall no altars blaze , O Truth , to thee ? Shall falsehood only please , and fable charm ? And shall eternal Truth neglected lie , Because immortal , slighted or profaned ? Truth has our reverence only , not ...
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... raise the drooping Muse To all the health of virtue ! to infuse A gen'rous warmth , to rouse a holy zeal , And give her high conceptions of herself , Her dignity , her worth , her aim , her end ! For me , Eternal Spirit , let thy word ...
... raise the drooping Muse To all the health of virtue ! to infuse A gen'rous warmth , to rouse a holy zeal , And give her high conceptions of herself , Her dignity , her worth , her aim , her end ! For me , Eternal Spirit , let thy word ...
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... raise ; " Tis thee , O God of Hosts , I strive to praise . Ye winds , the servants of the Lord , Ye waves , obedient to his word , Oh , spare the babe committed to your trust ; And Icrael shall confess the Lord is just . Though doom'd ...
... raise ; " Tis thee , O God of Hosts , I strive to praise . Ye winds , the servants of the Lord , Ye waves , obedient to his word , Oh , spare the babe committed to your trust ; And Icrael shall confess the Lord is just . Though doom'd ...
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... raise him up to princely greatness , And he shall be my son ! I'll have him train'd By choicest sages , in the deepest lore Of Egypt's sapient sons ; his name be Moses , For I have drawn him from the perilous flood . They go out ...
... raise him up to princely greatness , And he shall be my son ! I'll have him train'd By choicest sages , in the deepest lore Of Egypt's sapient sons ; his name be Moses , For I have drawn him from the perilous flood . They go out ...
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... raise . My eldest born , Eliab , tall of stature , I presented ; But God , who judges not by outward form , But tries the heart , forbade the holy prophet To choose my eldest born . For Saul , he said , Gave proof that fair proportion ...
... raise . My eldest born , Eliab , tall of stature , I presented ; But God , who judges not by outward form , But tries the heart , forbade the holy prophet To choose my eldest born . For Saul , he said , Gave proof that fair proportion ...
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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