Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... race . And in this true delight , These unbought sports , this happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd to - day ...
... race . And in this true delight , These unbought sports , this happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd to - day ...
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... race call'd Man , about this time To be created like to us , though less In power and excellence , but favor'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounc'd among the gods , and by an oath , That shook Heaven's whole ...
... race call'd Man , about this time To be created like to us , though less In power and excellence , but favor'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounc'd among the gods , and by an oath , That shook Heaven's whole ...
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... race of upstart creatures , to supply Perhaps our vacant room ; though more remov'd , Lest Heaven , surcharg'd with potent multitude , Might hap to move new broils . Be this or aught Than this more secret now design'd , I haste To know ...
... race of upstart creatures , to supply Perhaps our vacant room ; though more remov'd , Lest Heaven , surcharg'd with potent multitude , Might hap to move new broils . Be this or aught Than this more secret now design'd , I haste To know ...
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... race lost . Thou , therefore , whom thou only canst redeem , Their nature also to thy nature join ; And be thyself man among men on Earth , Made flesh , when time shall be , of virgin seed , By wonderous birth : be thou in Adam's room ...
... race lost . Thou , therefore , whom thou only canst redeem , Their nature also to thy nature join ; And be thyself man among men on Earth , Made flesh , when time shall be , of virgin seed , By wonderous birth : be thou in Adam's room ...
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... race . What could I do , But follow straight , invisibly thus led ? Till I espied thee , fair indeed and tall , Under a platane ; yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , Than that smooth watery image : back I ...
... race . What could I do , But follow straight , invisibly thus led ? Till I espied thee , fair indeed and tall , Under a platane ; yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , Than that smooth watery image : back I ...
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