Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... skies . URANIA . In fair Laurinda's uninstructed mind , The want of culture , not of sense , we find : Whene'er you sought the good , or shunn'd the ill , ' was more from temper than from principle : Your random life to no just rules ...
... skies . URANIA . In fair Laurinda's uninstructed mind , The want of culture , not of sense , we find : Whene'er you sought the good , or shunn'd the ill , ' was more from temper than from principle : Your random life to no just rules ...
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... skies . Fountain of Being ! teach us to devote To Thee each purpose , action , word , and thought ? Thy grace our hope , thy love our only boast , Be all distinction in the Christian lost ! Be this in every state our wish alone ...
... skies . Fountain of Being ! teach us to devote To Thee each purpose , action , word , and thought ? Thy grace our hope , thy love our only boast , Be all distinction in the Christian lost ! Be this in every state our wish alone ...
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... skies . For Dido , though they never knew her As Maro's magic pencil drew her , Faithful and fond , and broken - hearted , Her pious vagabond departed ; Yet , for Didone how they roar ! And Cara ! Cara ! loud encore . One taste ...
... skies . For Dido , though they never knew her As Maro's magic pencil drew her , Faithful and fond , and broken - hearted , Her pious vagabond departed ; Yet , for Didone how they roar ! And Cara ! Cara ! loud encore . One taste ...
Page 47
... in thy full blaze of light , Why lies sad Afric quench'd in total night ? Thee only , sober Goddess ! I attest , In smiles chastised , and decent graces drest . To thee alone , pure daughter of the skies ' FLORIO . 47 The Slave Trade.
... in thy full blaze of light , Why lies sad Afric quench'd in total night ? Thee only , sober Goddess ! I attest , In smiles chastised , and decent graces drest . To thee alone , pure daughter of the skies ' FLORIO . 47 The Slave Trade.
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To thee alone , pure daughter of the skies ' The hallow'd incense of the Bard should rise ! Not that mad Liberty , in whose wild praise Too oft he trims his prostituted bays ; Not that unlicensed monster of the crowd , Whose roar ...
To thee alone , pure daughter of the skies ' The hallow'd incense of the Bard should rise ! Not that mad Liberty , in whose wild praise Too oft he trims his prostituted bays ; Not that unlicensed monster of the crowd , Whose roar ...
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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