Poems on Affairs of State from the Time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second [continued to 1707, Volume 41707 |
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... say , our English Artifts have not come short of the Originals , as may be seen at the Publisher's of this Vol . Befides , the Cuts that are ingrav'd , I have given the Explanation of feveral others , for there are about thirty in all ...
... say , our English Artifts have not come short of the Originals , as may be seen at the Publisher's of this Vol . Befides , the Cuts that are ingrav'd , I have given the Explanation of feveral others , for there are about thirty in all ...
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... say of their Brains , Sir : But fince nothing can taint Our Brave Soldier and Saint ; ' Tis for these Men alone we can answer . Your dull Puns we flight Of your Just and your Right , The Burden of Scoundrel Song , Sir : Cheat us not ...
... say of their Brains , Sir : But fince nothing can taint Our Brave Soldier and Saint ; ' Tis for these Men alone we can answer . Your dull Puns we flight Of your Just and your Right , The Burden of Scoundrel Song , Sir : Cheat us not ...
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... Say Mufe ( fince no Surprize , or foreign Stroke Can hurt her guarded by her Walls of Oak , Since wholesom Laws her Liberty transfer To future Ages ) what can Albion fear ? Can the the dear - bought Treasure throw away ? Have ...
... Say Mufe ( fince no Surprize , or foreign Stroke Can hurt her guarded by her Walls of Oak , Since wholesom Laws her Liberty transfer To future Ages ) what can Albion fear ? Can the the dear - bought Treasure throw away ? Have ...
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... Say , Did not he ( tho Captives may allow Some Arrogance in those who make ' em bow ) Kind to thy Grief , yet faithful to his Charge , Of Conqueror , and Friend , the Parts discharge ? For fince the Chance of that abandon'd Field ...
... Say , Did not he ( tho Captives may allow Some Arrogance in those who make ' em bow ) Kind to thy Grief , yet faithful to his Charge , Of Conqueror , and Friend , the Parts discharge ? For fince the Chance of that abandon'd Field ...
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... SAY Faction Display'd . AY , Goddess Mufe , for thy All - fearching Eyes Can Traytors trace thro ev'ry dark Disguise , Can penetrate Intriguing Statesmens Hearts , Their deepest Plots , and all their wily Arts . Say , how a Fierce Cabal ...
... SAY Faction Display'd . AY , Goddess Mufe , for thy All - fearching Eyes Can Traytors trace thro ev'ry dark Disguise , Can penetrate Intriguing Statesmens Hearts , Their deepest Plots , and all their wily Arts . Say , how a Fierce Cabal ...
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Page 226 - By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill, Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear, To hearken if his foes pursue him still ; Anon their loud alarums he doth hear -• And now his grief may be compared well To one sore sick that hears the passingbell.
Page 189 - Achilles' image stood his spear Grip'd in an armed hand; himself behind Was left unseen, save to the eye of mind: A hand, a foot, a face, a leg, a head, Stood for the whole to be imagined.
Page 372 - And as the Indies were not found, before Those rich perfumes, which, from the happy shore. The winds upon their balmy wings convey...
Page 230 - With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace Of those fair arms which bound him to her breast, And homeward through the dark laund runs apace; Leaves Love upon her back, deeply distress'd. Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky, So glides he in the night from Venus...
Page 373 - Peace is not freed from labour, but from noise ; And war more force, but not more pains employs...
Page 50 - Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleas'd with their own verses' sound ; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always low.
Page 371 - So in this hemifphere our utmoft view Is only bounded by our king and you : Our fight is limited where you are join'd, And beyond that no farther heaven can find.
Page 190 - Why should the private pleasure of some one Become the public plague of many moe? Let sin, alone committed, light alone Upon his head that hath transgressed so...